Accession number:
PML 128507.246
Published:
Paris, ca. 1880.
Description:
1 electrotype : metal and wood ; 121 x 160 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. 203); 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; Hildebrand.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Electrotype inscribed on the reverse with the number "255".
Summary:
Engraved design shows Pantagruel peeking into a library from the street; library populated by scholars.
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