Image 1906NewYork-03-059 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption Don Quixote Retires Before the Squadron. 
Title Supplied  
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 27 
Subject 27.2 Episode of braying mayors
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume III 
Page Number 301 
Image Dimension 160 x 115 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Don Quixote, seeing the members of the braying mayors squadron armed with muskets, decides to run away.
Vierge's style is masterly; detailed and good variety of figures.
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.