Accession number
PML 128507.128
Creator
Pisan, Héliodore Joseph, 1822-1890, 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. 1, p. 358).
Signed within the plate: G Doré; H. Pisan.
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. 1, p. 358).
Signed within the plate: G Doré; H. Pisan.
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 97 x 209 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "402".
Summary
Engraved design shows Sibyll of Panzoust holding a reaper, sitting in front of a stewing cauldron with a giant spider sitting beside her.
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