Accession number
PML 128507.3
Creator
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, designer.
Published
Paris, ca. 1854.
Credit line
Purchased in 2000.
Notes
Published caption for illustration reads: Il retient á souper Rabelais qui but largement á la santé du roi et á la bonne ville de Lyon.
Surface of the block has been inked and prepared with white.
Engraved block after Doré, with a design, created for Doré's 1854 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : J. Bry Ainé, 1854, p. 17).
Surface of the block has been inked and prepared with white.
Engraved block after Doré, with a design, created for Doré's 1854 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : J. Bry Ainé, 1854, p. 17).
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 102 x 144 mm
Summary
Engraved design shows an inebriated Rabelais (spilling his drink) surrounded by banqueters raising their goblets in a toast.
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