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Image 1905-1908Madrid-05-136 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption En este tiempo solicitó Don Quijote á un labrador, vecino suyo,... 
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Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 7 
Subject 7.3 Preparations for second sally
7.4 Sancho Panza agrees to be his squire
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume I LAMINAS 
Page Number CAP. VII. - 11. 
Image Dimension 155 x 174 
Page Dimension 238 x 312 
Commentary "Meanwhile Don Quixote worked upon a farm labourer, a neighbour of his,...".
Don Quixote asks Sancho Panza to be his squire for his second sally.
Remarkable gestures and expressions in both figures; Sancho's figure, although his face remains almost in shade, is excellent.
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 1900 in Sevilla and presented at the Universal Exposition of Paris (1900).
2 - "La lámina oncena, que viene á seguida, es interesante porque en ella, frente á Don Quijote, que está sentado en un sillón, aparece, por primera vez en la obra, Sancho Panza, el cual escucha estupefacto y marrullero las proposiciones de aquél. Destacan ambas figuras en silueta por estar junto á una ventana" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XL-XLI).