Image	1738London-04-026
	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	74.1 DQ falls ill and recovers his sanity 74.2 DQ makes his will
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte)
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	IV
	Page Number	f.p. 363
	Image Dimension	253 x 187
	Page Dimension	281 x 223
	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 highly remarkable. Well-resolved scene, theatrical (canopy), but not too much dramatic; only three figures with sad expressions (Sancho, the innkeeper and the niece). Drawing and engraving are excellent.
	Notes	1 - First representation of this episode. It is interesting that Oldfield and Vanderbank have chosen don Quixote's last will moment (when Alonso Quijano recovers his sense), but not his death.