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Image 1906b-NY-Scribners-03-059 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption Sancho in Sad Case 
Title Supplied  
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 27 
Subject 27.2 Episode of braying mayors
 
Illustration Type Head vignette
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume III 
Page Number 294 
Image Dimension 80 x 105 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Sancho, on his donkey, running away from the members of the braying mayors squadron; in the background, don Quixote waiting for him.
Vierge's style is masterly; detailed figures with well-resolved movement.
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.