Accession number
PML 128507.40
Creator
Pannemaker, Stéphane, 1847-1930, 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. 252).
Signed within wood block: G Doré; Pann - Fils [i.e. Stéphane Pannemaker].
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. 252).
Signed within wood block: G Doré; Pann - Fils [i.e. Stéphane Pannemaker].
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 130 x 100 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "801".
Summary
Engraved design shows two sitting sentinels wearing armor and each holding a battle axe, sleeping.
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