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The knight of the woeful countenance prevented from setting for Coblentz by the Daemon Disappointment ...
1790?
watercolor over graphite on paper.
372 x 219 mm (10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches)
Peel 3439
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Title continues: ... who points out to him some accounts from France which damps his rage for Chivalry.
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary:
Edmund Burke as Don Quixote, facing right, wearing armor and sitting on a stump with his sword and shield set down at left, is confronted by a demon who stands before him at right, pointing to a newspaper Burke holds in his hands, and frowning.
Associated names:
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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