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Image 1906b-NY-Scribners-03-025 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption Sancho Beseeches the Country Wenches. 
Title Supplied  
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 10 
Subject 10.2 The three labradoras
10.3 SP presents to DQ the enchanted Dulcinea
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume III 
Page Number 103 
Image Dimension 156 x 114 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Don Quixote and Sancho knelt before three peasant girls on donkeys; Sancho introduces one of them to don Quixote as the "enchanted" Dulcinea.
Well-known scene but resolved with certain novelty in the composition and with Vierge's masterly style; his figures are detailed and real, full of life.
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.