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Thirty-three drawings illustrating the adventures of Don Quixote, including scenes showing Don Quixote tilting at the windmills; Don Quixote attacking the sheep; Don Quixote knighted by the innkeeper; the Battle of the Wineskins; and Sancho tossed in a blanket
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French School, 18th Century
Thirty-three drawings illustrating the adventures of Don Quixote, including scenes showing Don Quixote tilting at the windmills; Don Quixote attacking the sheep; Don Quixote knighted by the innkeeper; the Battle of the Wineskins; and Sancho tossed in a blanket
all but two inscribed with a caption in French (beneath border, overmounted), double brush and brown ink framing lines
black chalk
3½ x 4¾ in. (9 x 12.2 cm.) drawing; 5 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.4 cm.) whole sheet, irregular (33)
Thirty-three drawings illustrating the adventures of Don Quixote, including scenes showing Don Quixote tilting at the windmills; Don Quixote attacking the sheep; Don Quixote knighted by the innkeeper; the Battle of the Wineskins; and Sancho tossed in a blanket
all but two inscribed with a caption in French (beneath border, overmounted), double brush and brown ink framing lines
black chalk
3½ x 4¾ in. (9 x 12.2 cm.) drawing; 5 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.4 cm.) whole sheet, irregular (33)
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