Accession number
PML 128507.14
Creator
Gauchard, Félix Jean, engraver.
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 chapter 47 of 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. 196).
Signed within the block: G Doré; J Gauchard.
Engraved block after Doré, with a design for an illustration for chapter 47 of 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. 196).
Signed within the block: G Doré; J Gauchard.
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 50 x 130 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "250".
Summary
Engraved design shows a group of seven visible figures in a huddle with three figures to the left running toward the group, dragging a female figure, three men to the right stepping out of a building to observe and a group of people inside the building watching out a window.
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