Accession number:
PML 128507.198
Published:
Paris, ca. 1880.
Description:
1 electrotype : metal and wood ; 87 x 157 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. 183); 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 Dore; Decref.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Electrotype inscribed on the reverse with the number "239".
Summary:
Engraved design shows a a group of near-human looking creatures with extended bellies and elephant-type ears lying around.
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