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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-05-048
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	... y así una de aquellas señoras servia deste menester;
	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. - 25.
	Image Dimension	152 x 220
	Page Dimension	238 x 312
	Commentary	"... he had no means of feeding himslef;". One of the party girls helps don Quixote to eat; the other party girl and some muleteers (guests of the inn) observe the scene; notice the remarkable variety of gestures and expressions. 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 - "El aspecto de víctima que ofrece Don Quijote, sentado en un taburete ante una menguada mesa; las caras y actitudes de rústico asombro y de risa burlona de los circunstantes, avaloran singularmente las láminas 25 y 27, que son acabados cuadros" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XXXV).