Mermaid Ora Embracing Jupiter [wood block].

Accession number: 
PML 128507.33
Author: 
Gauchard, Félix Jean, engraver.
Published: 
Paris, ca. 1873.
Description: 
1 wood block : boxwood ; 80 x 85 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. 111).
Signed within wood block: G Doré; J Gauchard.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "641".

Summary: 

Engraved design shows the mermaid Ora lying on Jupiter's lap, with an eagle in the foreground.

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