Garland of Grapes Aloft [wood block].

Accession number: 
PML 128507.111
Author: 
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, designer.
Published: 
Paris, ca. 1873.
Description: 
1 wood block : boxwood ; 70 x 209 mm
Credit: 
Purchased in 2000.
Notes: 

Surface of the block has been inked and prepared with white.
Engraved block after Doré, with a design for an illustration for Gargantua et Pantagruel, created for Doré's 1873 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : Garnier Frères, 1873, v. 2, p. 305).
Signed within the block: G Doré.
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block. See: PML 128507.213.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "852".

Summary: 

Engraved design shows winged putti in a cirle carrying a garland of grapevine with grapes.

Classification: 
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