Image 1906NewYork-01-053 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption The Officer Adds to the Knight's Wounds 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 17 
Subject  
Illustration Type Head vignette
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 200 
Image Dimension 114 x 105 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary The officer of the Holy Brotherhood raising his oil lamp to hit don Quixote with it; beside the knight, Sancho.
Vierge's style is absolutely masterly; his figures are detailed and real; also the setting (Juan Palomeque's inn), carefully-done and based on real places from La Mancha.
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.
There is not continuity between the figures of the officer in the previous illustration and the current; he appears with different clothes. 
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.