Accession number:
PML 128507.102
Published:
Paris, ca. 1873.
Description:
1 wood block : boxwood ; 50 x 195 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. 303).
Signed within the block: G Doré; Prunaire.
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block. See: PML 128507.253.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "850".
Summary:
Engraved design shows a battle scene with horned figures with lances and shield attacking a group of Indians with plumed caps, fleeing; some attacking figures are mounted on tigers.
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