Accession number
PML 128507.9
Creator
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, designer.
Published
Paris, ca. 1854.
Credit line
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 1854 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : J. Bry Ainé, 1854, v. 1, p. 133).
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block (See: PML 128507.152).
Engraved block after Doré, with a design for an illustration for Gargantua et Pantagruel, created for Doré's 1854 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : J. Bry Ainé, 1854, v. 1, p. 133).
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block (See: PML 128507.152).
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 125 x 99 mm
Summary
Engraved design shows Gargantua holding a human figure by the legs, using it to swing at an army of helmeted men carrying sheilds and pikes.
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