Bacbuc and the Divine Bottle [wood block].

Accession number: 
PML 128507.67
Author: 
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, designer.
Published: 
Paris, ca. 1873.
Description: 
1 wood block : boxwood ; 160 x 100 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. 317).
Signed within the block: G Doré.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "863".

Summary: 

Engraved design shows a winged Bacbuc robes and a crown and holding a wand, holding an open book, sitting outdoors on a wine bottle while a male figure puts his mouth to its rim.

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