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Image 1906b-NY-Scribners-04-035 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption In the Meadow of the Images 
Title Supplied  
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 58 
Subject 58.1 DQ encounter with statues of 4 saints
 
Illustration Type Head vignette
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume IV 
Page Number 229 
Image Dimension 80 x 110 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Don Quixote, taking Rocinante by the bridle, and Sancho, taking his donkey by the halter, encounter upon the grass of a green meadow some dozen men with their cloaks spread at dinner.
Original composition; don Quixote and Sancho well-detailed in the foreground but with their backs to the viewer and the figures of the men almost imperceptible in the background (see under the head of the donkey).
Vierge's style is masterly; detailed figures and excellent 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.