Accession number:
PML 128507.23
Published:
Paris, ca. 1873.
Description:
1 wood block : boxwood ; 126 x 70 mm
Credit:
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. 449).
Signed within the block: G Doré.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "501".
Summary:
Engraved design shows Panurge daydreaming surrounded by four butterflies.
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