Sancho Leaving Cloaked Men with Staffs

Gustave Doré illustrated the 1863 French publication of Cervantes' "L'ingénieux hidalgo don Quichotte de la Manche," published in Paris by Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie. His designs were engraved by Héliodore Joseph Pisan. The same plates were used for an English translation from 1870, "The History of Don Quixote," published in London by Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. The English edition, with its vivid illustrations by Doré, helped popularize Cervantes' tale among British and American audiences.
This scene illustrates a passage from Volume 2, Chapter 54. Sancho departs from a group of German pilgrims, depicted here with cloaks and staffs. Among them is Ricote, a Moor and an old acquaintance of Sancho who is disguised as a German. The pilgrims share food with Sancho, and Ricote recounts his experience of exile after the King of Spain banished all Moors. The pilgrims then continue their journey as Sancho rides off on his donkey Dapple.