[“Dead the King Don Sancho lieth”] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [“Dead the King Don Sancho lieth”]
Subject: Nobility; Sancho II, King of Castile and Leon
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain
Description: The knights of Castile stand weeping around King Sancho’s body. Rodrigo is likely the one kneeling in the middle with his hands clasped. The man standing with his sword over is head is Diego Ordoñez, vowing to issue a challenge to the Zamorans to settle the score. The castle of Zamora can be seen in the background.
Image Creator: John Jackson (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Wood engraving
Identifier: mta:11700
Language: eng
Source Name: The Cid: A Short Chronicle, Founded on the Early Poetry of Spain
Parent Collection: 1845 London Dennis Chronicle from Poem; 1845 London Dennis Chronicle from Poem
Image: mta_11700_OBJ.png
Collection: El Cid
Subject: Nobility; Sancho II, King of Castile and Leon