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Image 1766 London Tonson-04-010 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator John Vanderbank 
Engraver Gerard van der Gucht 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Don Quixote's last will 
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 74 
Subject 74.2 DQ makes his will
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume IV 
Page Number f.p. 351 
Image Dimension 130 x 77 
Page Dimension 170 x 95 
Commentary In the center of the composition, don Quixote in his bed, accepting the crucifix that the priest shows him (symbol of his sane and Christian death), and surrounded by the niece, an unknown figure, Sancho Panza, the bachelor Sansón Carrasco, other unknown figure, the barber, the housekeeper and the notary.
The figure of the niece, as a classical Mary Magdalene, is remarkable.
Well-resolved scene, theatrical (canopy), but not too much dramatic.
Drawing and engraving are excellent. 
Notes 1 - Same plate first engraved for London: Tonson, 1749, now partially-erased.
2 - Plate 31.