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Image 1906b-NY-Scribners-03-009 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption Cid Hamet Benengeli. 
Title Supplied  
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 2 
Subject 2.2 News about publication of DQ Part I
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume III 
Page Number 25 
Image Dimension 180 x 114 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Remarkable and detailed portrait of Cide Hamete in Arab clothes.
Vierge's style is absolutely masterly.
Notice the perfect use of 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.