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	Image	1906b-NY-Scribners-04-035
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Daniel Urrabieta Vierge
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	In the Meadow of the Images
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part II, Madrid 1615
	Chapter	Chapter 58
	Subject	58.1 DQ encounter with statues of 4 saints
	Illustration Type	Head vignette
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	IV
	Page Number	229
	Image Dimension	80 x 110
	Page Dimension	255 x 180
	Commentary	Don Quixote, taking Rocinante by the bridle, and Sancho, taking his donkey by the halter, encounter upon the grass of a green meadow some dozen men with their cloaks spread at dinner. Original composition; don Quixote and Sancho well-detailed in the foreground but with their backs to the viewer and the figures of the men almost imperceptible in the background (see under the head of the donkey). Vierge's style is masterly; detailed figures and excellent 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.