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Ruins of the Macreons [wood block].

Accession number
PML 128507.64
Creator
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, designer.
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. 82).
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block. See: PML 128507.188.
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 104 x 145 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "600".
Summary
Engraved design shows a group of figures walking through a cemetery, with robes figures joined in a circle in front of ruins in the background.
Classification
Department