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Image 1906b-NY-Scribners-01-041 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption Entering the Wood. 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 10 
Subject  
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 121 
Image Dimension 165 x 114 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Don Quixote, followed by Sancho at certain distance since his donkey is slower than Rocinante, rides through a wood.
Vierge's style is absolutely masterly; remarkable landscape, almost the main character of the illustration.
Notice 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.