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Devilish imp and cannon [wood block].

Accession number
PML 128507.38
Creator
Pannemaker, Adolphe François, 1822-1900, 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 Gargantua et Pantagruel, created for Doré's 1873 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : Garnier Frères, 1873, v. 2, p. 172).
Signed within wood block: AP [i.e. Adolphe-François Pannemaker?].
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 72 x 50 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "712".
Summary
Engraved design shows a small figure with a tail and wings straddling an exploding cannon.
Classification
Department