Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
Despair confronts despair: 'And pressing closely to him, she interlaced the fingers of each hand behind his neck, as if partly to make a bond of her two arms for detaining him, and partly with her joined hands to pray.'
Third part, Book III, chapter II.
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.
Date
1869
Credit line
Photo12/Pierre Pitrou
Reference
PTR22A00_051
License type
Rights managed
Available size
97,8Mb (8,2Mb) / 16,1in x 23,6in / 4824 x 7087 (300dpi)