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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-06-149
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	.... «suplico á vuestra merced, señor caballero andante,.... me ayude á salir de debajo desta mula....»
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	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. - 14.
	Image Dimension	145 x 220
	Page Dimension	238 x 312
	Commentary	".... «I beseech you, señor Knight-errant.... to help me to get from under this mule...»". The ecclesiastic Alonso López begging don Quixote for his help. In the background, the bier with a coffin that the ecclesiastics were accompaning. Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable light and shadow contrasts produced by the fallen torch.
	Notes	Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period 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).