Accession number
PML 128507.60
Creator
Sotain, Noël Eugène, b. 1816, engraver.
Published
Paris, ca. 1854.
Credit line
Purchased in 2000.
Notes
Surface of the block has been inked and prepared with white.
Engraved block after Doré, with a design created for Doré's 1854 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : J. Bry Ainé, 1854, p. 41).
Library's wood block is split.
Signed within the block: G Doré.
Engraved block after Doré, with a design created for Doré's 1854 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : J. Bry Ainé, 1854, p. 41).
Library's wood block is split.
Signed within the block: G Doré.
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 131 x 97 mm
Summary
Engraved design shows a man in bed surrounded by a group of both secular and clerical figures, dictating to a robed scribe next to the bed.
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