Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The good fortune of a idler to be seen by a fisherman: 'The tide raised the bark so high that Gilliatt, by standing upon the gunwhale of the sloop, could touch the man's feet. [...] He pulled the foot of the sleeping man.'
First part, Book IV, chapter VII.
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_015
License type
Rights managed
Available size
99,3Mb (9,2Mb) / 16,4in x 23,5in / 4922 x 7050 (300dpi)