Accession number
PML 128507.18
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. 298).
Signed within the block: G Doré; ER(?).
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. 298).
Signed within the block: G Doré; ER(?).
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 100 x 100 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "356".
Summary
Engraved design shows three faces (the center face bespectacled), peering out of a circular gothic window with boteh-styled swirls.
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