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Malicorne Gallops Off [printing plate].

Accession number
PML 128507.254
Creator
Sotain, Noël Eugène, b. 1816, 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. 32); 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: Sotain.
Library also owns the original wood block from which this electrotype was created. See: PML 128507.50.
Description
1 electrotype : metal and wood ; 91 x 130 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Electrotype inscribed on the reverse with the number "545".
Summary
Engraved design shows a crowd of armed male figures behind the rear of a galloping horse.
Classification
Department