Image 1906NewYork-03-072 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption The Boar Hunt. 
Title Supplied  
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 34 
Subject 34.1 Night procession and hunt
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume III 
Page Number 377 
Image Dimension 168 x 113 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Don Quixote, the Duke, the Duchess and their servants chasing a wild boar; meanwhile, Sancho falls from a tree and remains hanging from one of the branches.
Well-known scene with two different parts (dramatic/comical), but resolved with Vierge's masterly style; detailed and carefully-drawn figures and good composition.
Perfect use of light and shadow 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.