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Freeing of the galley slaves
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Freeing of the galley slaves

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 · [ca. 1726]

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One of six illustrations for a projected Spanish language edition of Don Quixote that Hogarth and other illustrators were asked to submit by Tonson, the publisher of the work. Don Quixote is freeing convicts in pursuit of his sacred task of redressing the wrongs of the weak.

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