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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-05-049
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	... si el ventero no horadara una caña,
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 2
	Subject	2.4. DQ’s dinner at inn
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I LAMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. II. - 26.
	Image Dimension	220 X 165
	Page Dimension	312 X 238
	Commentary	"... to give him drink would have been utterly impossible, had not the innkeeper". The innkeeper perforates a cane to help don Quixote to drink; figure resolved with excellent naturalism. Also in the image a muleteer observing a scene (don Quixote dining) out of the illustration. Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period setting, clothes and details; realistic and picturesque. Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light and shadow.
	Notes	1 - The original drawing (Chinese ink and gouache white) was finished in 1898 in Sevilla and presented at the Exposition of Fine Arts of Barcelona (1898). 2 - "... la expresiva figura del ventero, con un ojo guiñado, mirando la caña que acaba de perforar para dar de beber á Don Quijote" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XXXV).