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Good drawing and etching; the composition is quite theatrical (the canopy, distribution of the figures...).
Notice the Neoclassical group of the housekeeper and the niece, both embracing each other.
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| Image | 1821-Paris-Desoer-04-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Deveria (Achille Jacques Jean Devéria?) |
| Engraver | Adrien Jacques Simonet jeune |
| 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 |
Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | Tome IV (bound with tome III in vol. II) |
| Page Number | f.p. 388 |
| Image Dimension | 57 x 63 |
| Page Dimension | 138 x 83 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, in bed, dictates his last will to a notary; also in the scene, the priest, the housekeeper, the niece and Sancho weeping.
Good drawing and etching; the composition is quite theatrical (the canopy, distribution of the figures...). Notice the Neoclassical group of the housekeeper and the niece, both embracing each other. |
| Notes | 1 - This illustration can be compared with Robert Smirke's (London: Cadell, 1818). |