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Jolly Exile Family [wood block].

Accession number
PML 128507.15
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 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. 315).
Signed within the block: G Doré.
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 50 x 84 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "354".
Summary
Engraved design shows a family walking, the father carries a pickaxe and the mother carries three small children and a travel bag over her shoulder.
Classification
Department