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Image 1906b-NY-Scribners-01-040 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption Sancho Receives Instraction 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 10 
Subject  
Illustration Type Head vignette
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 119 
Image Dimension 83 x 110 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Don Quixote talking to Sancho about the food habits of errant knights; they can be a month without eating or only some roots and herbs.
Vierge's style is absolutely masterly; his figures are detailed and real.
Notice also the perfect use of 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.