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Title
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The Death of the Illustrious Don Quixote
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Description
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Having returned to his house in La Mancha having been defeated at the hands of the Knight of the White Moon, Don Quixote (pictured lying lifeless in bed) fell ill of a fever,which confined him to his bed six days, and terminated in his death. His old friends the curate (pictured to the left closest to Quixote) and barber (to the left of the curate),with the bachelor Carrasco, frequently visited him while he lay on his sick bed, and Sancho Panza (pictured scratching his brow to the right of Quixote's niece) never stirred from his poor master's side. Sancho Panza, the niece (pictured holding Quixote's head) and Quixote's housekeeper (pictured to the right of the niece) wept profusely at Quixote's passing. Beneath the image is written the following inscription: "As death approaches, reason clears his eyes; knight errantry before religion flies our Don, who thought the oaths of death were vain, in sickness cursed, by a fever slain".
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Image Creator
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Rennoldson (Engraver)
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Wale Delind. (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:25029
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Source Name
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The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de La Mancha
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Image
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Subject
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Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates
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Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character)
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Death
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Literature
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Deathbed
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Literature
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Fever
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Early works to 1800
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