Accession number
PML 128507.103
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. 278).
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block. See: PML 128507.212.
Wood block is split.
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. 278).
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block. See: PML 128507.212.
Wood block is split.
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 44 x 160 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "821".
Summary
Engraved design shows four fish creatures with sharp pointed wing-like fins and tails, framed by hatchmark design.
Classification
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