Image 1906NewYork-02-011 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption Sancho and Dulcinea. 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 31 
Subject 31.1 SP’s tale of embassy to Dulcinea
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume II 
Page Number 71 
Image Dimension 166 x 114 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Reference to Sancho's embassy to El Toboso as told (and invented) by himself to don Quixote: Sancho helps Dulcinea to lift up a sack of wheat on a donkey.
Vierge's style is absolutely masterly; his figures are detailed and real, full of life; also the setting, 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. 
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.