Title

Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo

Caption

Gilliatt crying for his mother: 'Meanwhile, the youth grew to manhood ; and then, as the old and withered bark falls from the tree, the mother died.'
First part, Book I, 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: Fortuné Méaulle.

Date

1869

Credit line

Photo12/Pierre Pitrou

Reference

PTR22A00_006

License type

Rights managed

Available size

92,4Mb (8,4Mb) / 15,6in x 23,0in / 4688 x 6887 (300dpi)

Keywords

Engraving Illustration Scene 19th century French literature Character Family Mother Son Death Dying Deathbed Child Orphan Teenager Crying Grief Sad Sadness