Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
Letters from beyond the sea: 'I mean, Captain Clubin, that immediately after doubling Point Anne, you see, on a rock, a hundred feet high, a great post with a barrel suspended to the top. This barrel is the letter-box.'
Fist part, Book V, chapter IX.
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: François Pierdon.
Date
1869
Credit line
Photo12/Pierre Pitrou
Reference
PTR22A00_021
License type
Rights managed
Available size
96,7Mb (7,9Mb) / 16,0in x 23,5in / 4802 x 7035 (300dpi)