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Don Quixote - three stacked illustrations related to the text; uncut ration coupons

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Description
  • Coupons for azúcar, carbón, picón, garbanzos, huevo, patatas, arroz, harina, lentejas, sal
  • Recto: Image related to Don Quixote. Verso: perforated and divided into ten small ration coupons.
  • The ration coupons were likely made during the 1970s and bear no resemblance to any surviving examples of real or official ration coupons printed and issued during the Spanish Civil War.
  • Sheet No.68: Three illustrations, the top featuring a drawing of Don Quijote being stung by a bee and with the text “El efecto de muchas picaduras de abejas por culpa de su insensated y la locura. El hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha”; at the center, an image of Rocinante and Sancho’s donkey, Dapple, with the text “De tal dueño tal animal”; and at the bottom a drawing of Sancho Panza and his stomach, with the text “El efecto de comer como un gorrino y un glotón. El escudero Sancho Panza.” Alcantud (Cuenca), 1939.
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Date created
  • 1970s
Last modified
  • November 28, 2023
Identifier
  • HC385-S87-1936-68
Summary
  • Three drawn illustrations with captions: the top represents the head and shoulders of a man being stung by a bee; at the center, facing heads of a horse and a donkey; and at the bottom, a wooden honey dipper, the head of a teary-eyed man, and a close-up view of a man's large belly bursting the buttons of his shirt.
Repository
  • Ohio State University. Libraries. Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
Alternative title
  • Supposed ration coupon posters issued during the Spanish Civil War and the early 1940s
File Format
Call number
  • HC385 .S87 1936
Rights note
  • This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Medium
  • photomechanical prints
Source
  • Digitized from Item 68, Supposed ration coupon posters issued during the Spanish Civil War and the early 1940s (HC385 .S87 1936), Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, The Ohio State University Libraries.
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Extent
  • 30 x 21 cm
Credit line: The Ohio State University, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library

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