Image 1774London-02-009 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Samuel Wale 
Engraver Rennoldson 
Lithographer  
Title Caption The Death of the illustrious 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 Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume II 
Page Number f.p. 396 
Image Dimension 174 x 110 
Page Dimension 211 x 125 
Commentary In the foreground: (left) the barber, Sansón Carrasco and the priest; (right) the niece, the housekeeper and Sancho Panza, who looks at the viewer. In the background (center): don Quixote lying dead in his bed.
Remarkable illustration; the composition is simple, as a theatrical performance, but effective. Not too dramatic.
This is one of the first representations of don Quixote's death.
Well-detailed setting, but not Spanish. 
Notes Accompanied by the poem:
"As Death approaches, Reason clears his eyes;
Knight Errantry before Religion flies.
Our Don, who thought the Varts of Death were vain,
In sickness cur'd, is by a Fever slain".