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Image 1906b-NY-Scribners-01-071 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption The Dead Mule 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 23 
Subject 23.1 DQ and SP enter Sierra Morena
 
Illustration Type Head vignette
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 296 
Image Dimension 64 x 97 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Cardenio's dead mule in Sierra Morena.
Vierge's style is absolutely masterly.
Usual in Vierge's illustrations, some element in black (crows) 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.