Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The wooden leg woman: 'The mistress of the house was a young and rather pretty woman, wearing a cap trimmed with ribbons. [...] She had a wooden leg.'
First part, Book V, chapter VI.
Illustrator: Daniel Vierge. Engraver: Désiré Quesnel.
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_092
License type
Rights managed
Available size
157,0Mb (12,5Mb) / 21,7in x 28,2in / 6496 x 8450 (300dpi)