print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1858,0417.210
- Description
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Death of Don Quixote: Don Quixote in his deathbed on the left, surrounded by people, including a man sitting on a chair and writing on a paper, two women crying, a dog, and Sancho, who holds his hat in his left hand looking worried at Don Quixote; illustration to page 490 of Cervantes' 'Don Quixote' (London: Cadell & Davies, 1817); after Smirke; proof with scratched production details only. c 1816-1818
Etching and engraving, printed on chine collé
- Production date
- 1816-1818 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 303 millimetres
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Width: 228 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Four volume edition published by Cadell & Davies, possibly had plates from both Charles and James Heath. A later edition of Don Quixote was published in 1820.
See also 1868,0822.4309
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Don Quixote (1818)
- Acquisition date
- 1858
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1858,0417.210
