A black and white chalk and pen and ink drawing on blue paper showing an interior scene in which two figures dress up in carnivalesque outfits. Incised, rubbed, and stained.

This drawing is one of two preparatory studies by Hogarth in the Royal Collection for six prints relating to a 1738 edition of Miguel de Cervante's Don Quixote. The designs were never released with the 1738 edition, and instead released later with two extras as a set of eight prints. This drawing is for the print entitled The Curate & Barber disguising themselves to convey D. Quixote home, intended for Book III, Chapter xiii. In 1726 Hogarth was invited to submit designs for a new edition of Don Quixote sponsored by Lord Carteret. However, the publication was delayed and by 1738 the publisher Jacob Tonson had selected different designs by Gerard Vandergucht. Hogarth's plates were subsequently acquired by Boydell, and the prints were issued as a set from 1790.

A drawing for another plate, Don Quixote Releases the Galley-Slaves, is RCIN 913471. The two drawings show Hogarth's use of media for different effects in preparing his designs for printing.