Accession number
PML 195707
Creator
Gauchard, Félix Jean, engraver.
Published
Paris, ca. 1873.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2011.
Notes
Surface of the block has been inked and prepared with white.
Engraved block, executed by Félix Jean Gauchard after Doré, with a rejected design for a headpiece illustration for chapter 6 of Gargantua et Pantagruel in an illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : Garnier Frères, 1873).
Engraving created for Doré's 1873 edition of Rabelais, in which the artist expanded upon his work for the earlier 1854 edition with some 580 additional illustrations. This design was rejected by Dore after viewing a proof from the block, and hence has never been published.
Housed in 1/4 red morocco clamshell box 19 x 19.2 cm.
Engraved block, executed by Félix Jean Gauchard after Doré, with a rejected design for a headpiece illustration for chapter 6 of Gargantua et Pantagruel in an illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : Garnier Frères, 1873).
Engraving created for Doré's 1873 edition of Rabelais, in which the artist expanded upon his work for the earlier 1854 edition with some 580 additional illustrations. This design was rejected by Dore after viewing a proof from the block, and hence has never been published.
Housed in 1/4 red morocco clamshell box 19 x 19.2 cm.
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 15.8 x 7.6 x 2.4 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Block inscribed in pencil on the reverse with the opening line of chapter 6: Ce propos ... Gargamelle commença se porter mal du bas.
Summary
Engraved design shows Gargamelle, the soon-to-be mother of Gargantua, supported on the arm of her spouse and reeling from the aftereffects of a prodigious dinner of tripes, while other revellers continue to enjoy themselves with wine and music at right.
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