File:Don Quixote 1.jpg

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English: Illustration 1 for Miguel de Cervantes’sDon Quixote“.
Français : Illustration 1 du Don Quichotte de Miguel de Cervantes.
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Source Engraving by Gustave Doré
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Gustave Doré  (1832–1883)  wikidata:Q6682 s:en:Author:Paul Gustave Doré q:en:Gustave Doré
 
Gustave Doré
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Paul Gustave Doré, Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré
Description French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, comics artist, lithographer and graphic artist
Date of birth/death 6 January 1832 Edit this at Wikidata 23 January 1883 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Strasbourg Edit this at Wikidata Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1844 Edit this at Wikidata–1883 Edit this at Wikidata
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current01:44, 20 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 01:44, 20 November 2008959 × 1,210 (410 KB)Jeangagnon
18:28, 2 April 2006Thumbnail for version as of 18:28, 2 April 2006959 × 1,210 (381 KB)Holger ThölkingIllustration 1 for Miguel de Cervantes’sDon Quixote“ by by Gustave Doré, 1863. {{PD-old}}
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