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Image 1905-1908Madrid-05-080 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption La del alba seria cuando Don Quijote salió de la venta.... 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 4 
Subject 4.1 DQ leaves inn; on the road in search of adventures
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume I LAMINAS 
Page Number CAP. IV. - 1. 
Image Dimension 155 x 217 
Page Dimension 238 x 312 
Commentary "Day was dawning when Don Quixote quitted the inn...".
At dawn, don Quixote leaves the inn mounted on Rocinante; the innkeeper, the party girls, a young grrom and some muleteers observe him leaving.
Remarkable image of don Quixote on Rocinante.
Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period setting, clothes and landscape; realistic and picturesque.
Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light. 
Notes 1 - The original drawing (Chinese ink and gouache white) was finished in 1899 in Sevilla and presented at the National Exposition of Madrid (1899).