Panurge in Disputation [printing plate].

Accession number: 
PML 128507.151
Author: 
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, designer.
Published: 
Paris, ca. 1880.
Description: 
1 electrotype : metal and wood ; 160 x 75 mm
Credit: 
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. 1, p. 246); 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.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Electrotype inscribed on the reverse with the number "295".

Summary: 

Engraved design shows Panurge standing in three-quarter profile, enumerating on his fingers.

Classification: 
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