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The Guiding Book

Don Quixote . . . in his Blind and Rash Endeavors

1919

Edmund Dulac

(British, 1882–1953)

publisher

Hodder and Stoughton

(London, 1923-)

England, 20th century

Gouache with watercolor over graphite

Sheet: 36.1 x 32 cm (14 3/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Image: 25.7 x 25.6 cm (10 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.726

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

This drawing was originally reproduced in a charity publication sold to promote the Guide Association, where it accompanied an essay entitled "Patriotism."

Description

This drawing illustrates a passage from Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote de la Mancha in which Don Quixote and Sancho Panza encounter a duke and duchess at the edge of a forest. Edmund Dulac remained close to the text, painting the richly attired duchess on a white mount, a hawk perched on her left hand. The duke and duchess smile mischievously at the chaos created by Don Quixote and Sancho, who tumble from their horses in a vain attempt to impress the aristocratic couple.

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed and dated, in black ink, at upper right: Edmund Dulac 19

Provenance
?-1956
Fanny Tewksbury King [1867-1949], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1956-
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Cammaerts, Émile. "Patriotism." In The Guiding Book, ed. Ann Kindersley. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1923. Mentioned: pp. 92-95; Reproduced: p. 93
Hughey, Ann Conolly. Edmund Dulac: His Book Illustrations, A Bibliography. Potomac, MD: Buttonwood Press, 1995. Mentioned: no. 60
Lemonedes, Heather. British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013. Mentioned: pp. 138-41, 145, no. 148b; Reproduced: p. 141
Exhibition history

British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1956.726