The Innkeeper's Wife & Daughter taking Care of ye Don after being beaten & bruised., William Hogarth, circa 1726

Quixote being cared for by the innkeeper's wife and daughter; in a tall, homely room, a pained quixote lies on his front, the innkeeper's wife squinting as she applies a plaster to his back, quixote looking longingly at her beautiful daughter as she stands at left, holding a jar; the hunchback servant girl, maritornes, holds up a candle and looks leeringly over at sancho, who is sceptical; proposed illustration to 'don quixote'. C. 1726; this state printed 1756 or after etching and engraving. Date: circa 1726. Dimensions: Height: 246 mm; Width: 185 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Miguel de Cervantes. Collection: British Museum. The Innkeeper's Wife & Daughter taking Care of ye Don after being beaten & bruised. (BM Cc,2.247)