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"Sancho, I have always heard it said, that to do a kindness to clowns, is like throwing water into the sea."

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Year:
1864
Contributor:
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883 (artist)
Pisan, Heliodore Joseph, 1822-1890 (engraver)
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 (creator)
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Don Quixote (Fictitious character)
Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character)
Local ID:
PQ6329 .A2 1864
Extent:
1 engraving ; 20.8 x 26.4 cm.

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Abstract:
After being attacked by the recently freed galley slaves, Don Quixote, wearing armor, a sword hanging from his side, lays on the ground next to the broken pieces of a lance. Sancho Panza, his donkey, and Rozinante lie on the ground nearby.

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, and Doré, Gustave, "'Sancho, I have always heard it said, that to do a kindness to clowns, is like throwing water into the sea.'" (1864). Illustrated Quixote. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:57294/

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