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Image 1906b-NY-Scribners-01-075 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption Sancho Revisits his Master's Village 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 26 
Subject 26.2 SP encounters priest and barber
 
Illustration Type Head vignette
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 351 
Image Dimension 90 x 112 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Sancho, on Rocinante, returns to Juan Palomeque's inn, where he encounters the priest and the barber.
Vierge's style is absolutely masterly; his figures are detailed and real; also the setting, carefully-done.
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.