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Image | 1842-London-Bohn-02-404 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
Engraver | Louis-Henri Breviere |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | THE DEATH OF DON QUIXOTE. |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 74 |
Subject |
74.3 DQ dies as Alonso Quijano |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | II |
Page Number | 769 |
Image Dimension | 190 x 123 |
Page Dimension | 250 x 155 |
Commentary | This illustration is always a climax within the whole iconographical program and Johannot has reinforced its dramatic sense (see the housekeeper and the niece; their expressions are very remarkable).
Don Quixote, lying dead in his bed, appears surrounded by the other characters: the priest, the barber, the bachelor Sansón Carrasco, Sancho, the niece and the housekeeper (those in the foreground -Sancho and the niece- appear on their knees to allow the viewer to see don Quixote). |
Notes | 1 - Same illustration and wooden block first used for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |