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Heraldic Arms of Gargantua [printing plate].

Accession number
PML 128507.217
Creator
Jonnard, Paul, d. 1902, 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. 1, p. 9); 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; Jonnard.
Description
1 electrotype : metal and wood ; 127 x 158 mm
Summary
Engraved design shows a coat of arms draped with a scale, flanked by grapes and grape vines, traversed by a dagger clutched by a tailed figure.
Classification
Department