Don Quixote No. II.—The Funeral of Chrysostom
No. II. The Funeral of Chrysostom, Marcella vindicating herself. This scene was also taken {118} by Van der Banck for illustration, and a comparison of the two plates is not favourable to Hogarth.
No. III. The Innkeepers Wife and Daughter taking care of the Don after he had been beaten. “Much superior to the same scene designed by Van der Banck.”
No. IV. Don Quixote seizes the Barber’s Basin for Mambrino’s Helmet. On the whole inferior to Van der Banck’s. The barb of the Don’s weapon is different from that in the Hogarth design published by Jarvis. The stirrups and saddling of the horse too are different. These points have not been referred to before, but I mention them by way of argument against the authenticity of the Jarvis plate. As I have said before, personally I have no doubt that it is from Hogarth’s burin.
No. V. Don Quixote releases the Galley Slaves. Here the Don is found wearing the barber’s basin as his helmet. By a not unusual oversight it will be noticed Hogarth has made his figures left-handed, forgetful of the reversing process due to printing from a plate. A superior design to that of Van der Banck, who, as Ireland says, “has {121} given to two or three of the thieves the countenances of apostles.”
Don Quixote No. III.—The Innkeeper’s Wife and Daughter
Don Quixote No. IV.—Don Quixote seizes the Barber’s Basin
No. VI. The First Interview of the Valorous Knight of La Mancha with the Unfortunate Knight of the Rock. Distinctly superior to Van der Banck.