Accession number
PML 128507.102
Creator
Prunaire, Léon Alphonse Alfred, 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. 303).
Signed within the block: G Doré; Prunaire.
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block. See: PML 128507.253.
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. 303).
Signed within the block: G Doré; Prunaire.
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block. See: PML 128507.253.
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 50 x 195 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "850".
Summary
Engraved design shows a battle scene with horned figures with lances and shield attacking a group of Indians with plumed caps, fleeing; some attacking figures are mounted on tigers.
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