Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The Devil-Boat: 'In that Puritanical Archipelago [...] the first steam-vessel which made its appearance received the name of the 'Devil Boat.'
First part, Book III, chapter II.
Illustrator: Victor Hugo.
Illustration from a set of nearly 150 woodcuts published in the Volume XI of Victor Hugo's 'Oeuvres Complètes' including 'Les Travailleurs de la Mer' ('Toilers of the Sea') - written in 1866.
Book published in 1906 by the Société d'éditions Littéraires et Artistiques, Librairie Paul Ollendorff.
Date
1906
Credit line
Photo12/Pierre Pitrou
Reference
PTR22A00_074
License type
Rights managed
Available size
183,5Mb (19,4Mb) / 32,9in x 21,7in / 9871 x 6496 (300dpi)