Accession number
PML 128507.182
Creator
Fournier, engraver.
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. 92); 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; Fournier.
Signed within the plate: G Doré; Fournier.
Description
1 electrotype : metal and wood ; 65 x 158 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Electrotype inscribed on the reverse with the number "616".
Summary
Engraved design shows emaciated robed religious ascetics on the island of Tapinois, one holding a fish carcass, one an enlarged meat fork, one an enlarged spoon, all sitting in front of a small fire and an opened book.
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