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Don Quixote in His Study By Ball Hughes, Boston, 1863 Poker work on unframed wood panel, approx. 10 in. by 12 in. After an engraving by Adolphe Schrodter Digital image thanks to Tom Throckmorton

Don Quixote in His Study, partial view, upper left quadrant By Ball Hughes, Boston, 1863 Poker work on unframed wood panel, approx. 10 in. by 12 in. After an engraving by Adolphe Schrodter Digital image thanks to Tom Throckmorton

Don Quixote in His Study partial view, upper right quadrant By Ball Hughes, Boston, 1863 Poker work on unframed wood panel, approx. 10 in. by 12 in. After an engraving by Adolphe Schrodter Digital image thanks to Tom Throckmorton

Don Quixote in His Study, partial view, lower left quadrant By Ball Hughes, Boston, 1863 Poker work on unframed wood panel, approx. 10 in. by 12 in. After an engraving by Adolphe Schrodter Digital image thanks to Tom Throckmorton

Don Quixote in His Study partial view, lower right quadrant By Ball Hughes, Boston, 1863 Poker work on unframed wood panel, approx. 10 in. by 12 in. After an engraving Digital image thanks to Tom Throckmorton

Don Quixote in His Study Pyroengraved inscription on the back of the plaque By Ball Hughes, 1863 Poker work on unframed wood panel, approx. 10 in. by 12 in. Inscription on the back reads: "This sketch of Don Quixote in his study was burnt with a Poker from a Picture by Adolphe Schrodter Boston 1863 Ball Hughes. fecit" Digital image thanks to Tom Throckmorton

The Throckmorton Family discovered the above signed and dated piece in the attic of an old house they once owned. It is known to be a piece by Robert Ball Hughes, the famous 19th century engraver and sculptor. Its provenance is unknown.

This Ball Hughes pyroengraving of Don Quixote in His Study is highlighted in "Pyrograffiti 38", published on line in the July–August 2006 issue of the Woodcarvers Online Magazine.

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