Don Quixote seizes the barber's bason for Mambrino's helmet [graphic]

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Title: Don Quixote seizes the barber's bason for Mambrino's helmet [graphic]
Alternative Title: Adventure of Mambrino's helmet
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1767]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Robert Dodsley?
Abstract: "The adventure of Mambrino's helmet; Quixote on horseback, charging at the barber with his lance, the barber already having dismounted from his donkey and making an escape to right, the basin (mistaken for Mambrino's helmet) lying on the ground; Sancho on the back of his donkey, hailing Quixote from the top of a hill beyond; proposed illustration to 'Don Quixote' (unpublished)"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Title from Paulson: The adventure of Mambrino's helmet.
Text following title: Book 3rd. Ch: 7th.
"Vol. I. p. 155"--Lower left, below image. Should be p. 115.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance: Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent: 1 print : sheet 241 x 184 mm
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1767
Engravings England London 1767
Material: engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
Subject (Topic): Fighting
Barbers
Subjects: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 > Illustrations
Fighting
Barbers
England > London > 1767
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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