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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-06-100
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	... ni aprovechó hasta que de puros cansados le dejaron.
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 17
	Subject	17.3 SP’s blanketing
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	II LÁMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. XVII. - 33.
	Image Dimension	153 x 220
	Page Dimension	238 x 312
	Commentary	"... but all to little purpose, or none at all, until from pure weariness they left off". The guests of the inn and the innkeeper, tired, stop blanketing Sancho and help him to get up; very remarkable variety of figures, gestures and expressions. Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period clothes, setting and details; realistic and picturesque. Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light and shadow with impressionist effects.
	Notes	1 – Reproduction of the original sketch (Chinese ink and gouache white). Jiménez Aranda meant to paint a more-finished drawing after this sketch using natural sceneries and real models, but he died before completing the project. 2 - "Por el valor pictórico, son notables los dibujos en que seguimos punto por punto el manteamiento de Sancho en el corral de la venta por la caterva de huéspedes maleantes, y los afanes de Don Quijote, que lo presencia desde fuera y le consuela con enseñarle la alcuza del bálsamo de Fierabrás" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLV).