Accession number
PML 128507.58
Creator
Daupar, 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. 1, p. 269).
Signed within the block: G Doré; Daupar.
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. 269).
Signed within the block: G Doré; Daupar.
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 144 x 111 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "322".
Summary
Engraved design shows Pantagruel in upper body armor holding a sword and with plumes in his helmet, surrounded by other armored and armed men and a monk.
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