Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
Gilliatt fighting the octopus: 'He had plunged the blade of his knife into the flat slimy substance [...]'
Second part, Book IV, chapter III.
Illustration from a set of 56 engravings published in the English edition of 'Les Travailleurs de la Mer' ('Toilers of the Sea'), by Victor Hugo, published in 1869 by Sampson Low, Son and Marston.
Illustrator: François-Nicolas Chifflart. Engraver: Auguste Trichon, Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin.
Date
1869
Credit line
Photo12/Pierre Pitrou
Reference
PTR22A00_002
License type
Rights managed
Available size
95,1Mb (8,5Mb) / 15,7in x 23,5in / 4716 x 7046 (300dpi)