Accession number
PML 128507.253
Creator
Prunaire, Léon Alphonse Alfred, 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. 303); 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; Prunaire.
Library also owns the original wood block from which this electrotype was created. See: PML 128507.102.
Signed within the plate: G Doré; Prunaire.
Library also owns the original wood block from which this electrotype was created. See: PML 128507.102.
Description
1 electrotype : metal and wood ; 52 x 156 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Electrotype inscribed on the reverse with the number "850".
Summary
Engraved design shows a battle scene with horned figures with lances and shield attacking a group of Indians with plumed caps, fleeing; some attacking figures are mounted on tigers.
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