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	Image	1906b-NY-Scribners-01-055
	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	I
	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.