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Image 1906b-NY-Scribners-01-025 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption The return home in distress 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 5 
Subject 5.2 DQ rescued by Pedro Alonso
5.3 DQ returns home
 
Illustration Type Vignette
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 61 
Image Dimension 128 x 100 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Don Quixote returns to his house led by Pedro Alonso on his donkey; Rocinante follows them carrying don Quixote's arms.
Vierge's style is absolutely masterly; his figures are detailed and real, but also comical, notice don Quixote; also the setting, carefully-done and based on real places from La Mancha.
Notice also the perfect use of light and shadow, halftones and shading.
Usual in Vierge's illustrations, some element in black creates a worth noting contrast.
His short and fine drawing lines imitate etching. 
Notes 1 - Vierge's original drawings (Chinese ink and wash) were reproduced by photogravure (notice the plate mark); the specific technique used, heliogravure, allows an excellent reproduction both of the original wash halftones and of the lines.