Accession number
PML 128507.142
Creator
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, designer.
Published
Paris, ca. 1880.
Credit line
Purchased in 2000.
Notes
Electrotype from an engraved block after Doré, with a design for an illustration for Gargantua et Pantagruel, originally created for Doré's 1873 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : Garnier Frères, 1873, v. 2, p. 164); this electrotype employed for a later edition of Rabelais (Paris : Garnier Frères, [ca. 1880]) issued by the same publisher, with the Doré illustrations, but in a smaller format, with the plates cut down and the designs cropped to fit the reduced dimensions.
Signed within the plate: G Doré.
Signed within the plate: G Doré.
Description
1 electrotype : metal and wood ; 102 x 142 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Electrotype inscribed on the reverse with the number "702".
Summary
Engraved design shows Gastrolatres surrounded by animated kitchen objects and rotiseried chickens, some on the ground and others flying through the air.
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