Accession number
PML 128507.13
Creator
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, designer.
Published
Paris, ca. 1873.
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 1873 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : Garnier Frères, 1873, v. 1, p. 346).
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. 1, p. 346).
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 87 x 70 mm
Summary
Engraved design shows a male and a female figure, both wearing hennin-style hats wreathed with laurel leaves; the female holds a long slender stick and an open book (probably Virgil).
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