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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-05-133
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	Llegaba adonde solía tener la puerta y tentábala con las manos,...
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 7
	Subject	7.2 Walling/disappearance of library
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I LAMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. VII. - 8.
	Image Dimension	220 x 145
	Page Dimension	312 x 238
	Commentary	"He came to the place where the door used to be, and tried it with his hands,...". Don Quixote touching the place where it used to be the door of his library, now walled and plastered. 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.
	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 - "Sigue a esta composición otra muy buena: el hidalgo, ya restablecido, tienta lo murada buscando la puerta, sin caer en el engaño. Es una figura preciosa, fina de ejecución y estudiada como Aranda sabía hacerlo" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XL).