Accession number:
PML 128507.62
Published:
Paris, ca. 1873.
Description:
1 wood block : boxwood ; 146 x 103 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. 2, p. 294).
Signed within the block: G Doré.
Wood block is split.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "840".
Summary:
Engraved design shows Panurge and a group of male figures walking descending stairs.
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