Sancho Panza addresses the Duke and Duchess
while Don Quixote is seated on the right.
By William Powell Frith, RA (British, 1819-1909)

34-3/4″ x 46-3/4″. Presented in a giltwood frame with artist plaque.
The scene is from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (Part II., Ch 31).
The painting is expected to fetch $75,000 to $125,000 when it is auctioned on March 11, 2017.

Provenance: Commissioned from the artist by Frederick Huth, London; thence by descent to Charles Frederick Huth, London; Christie’s, London, July 6, 1895, lot 82; J. & W. Vokins Gallery, London; Robert G. Roy, Esq., Toronto; The Carroll Galleries, Toronto; Private collection; Waddington’s, Toronto, May 16, 2006, lot 14; Private collection. Exhibition: Royal Academy, London, 1850 as number 332.

An earlier study of this painting is conserved at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
A popular black and white engraving was produced in 1851.