Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
Where we find the Durande : 'The two perpendicular forms were the Douvres. The huge mass held fast between them, like an architrave between two pillars, was the wreck of the Durande.'
Second part, Book I, chapter I.
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_029
License type
Rights managed
Available size
97,8Mb (8,5Mb) / 16,1in x 23,6in / 4824 x 7087 (300dpi)