Accession number
PML 128507.139
Creator
Pisan, Héliodore Joseph, 1822-1890, 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. 143); 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; H. Pisan.
Library also owns the original wood block wood block from which this electrotype was created. See: PML 128507.75.
Signed within the plate: G Doré; H. Pisan.
Library also owns the original wood block wood block from which this electrotype was created. See: PML 128507.75.
Description
1 electrotype : metal and wood ; 210 x 130 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Electrotype inscribed on the reverse with the number "194".
Summary
Engraved design shows Gargantua in armor sitting by steep cliffs next to his horse, with other armored figures on horseback around him.
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