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Birds and Bells [printing plate].

Accession number
PML 128507.161
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 Fréres, 1873, v. 2, p. 202); 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.
Description
1 electrotype : metal and wood ; 61 x 158 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Electrotype inscribed on the reverse with the number "733".
Summary
Engraved design shows a row of perched, squawking birds in front of ringing bells.
Classification
Department