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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-06-143
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	Era la mula asombradiza, y al tomarla del freno.... dió con su dueño por las ancas en el suelo.
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 19
	Subject	19.1 Adventure of the dead body
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	II LÁMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. XIX. - 8.
	Image Dimension	130 x 220
	Page Dimension	238 x 312
	Commentary	"The mule was timid, and started so much upon his touching the bridle, that... she threw her rider over the crupper to the ground...". One of the ecclesiastics (Alonso López) falls from his mule on the ground when don Quixote seizes it by the briddle; other ecclesiastics on horseback and holding lighted tapers observe the scene. Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period clothes and details; realistic and picturesque. Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable night representation with the contrast of the lighted tapers.
	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 - "... serie de originalísimos dibujos, en los que Aranda dió muestra de su imaginación. [...] El aspecto fantástico y un tanto pavoroso de tal aventura, el número, confusión y diversidad de hombres y de caballos, y, sobre todo, la valentía pictórica con que están dados los efectos de luz, produciendo la sensación del brillo de las flameantes luces en la obscuridad que á veces, por estar caídos los hachones, alumbran á las figuras de abajo á arriba, avalora notablemente estos dibujos" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLVI).