Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
Before the wreck: 'The black form of Ibrancam, naked down to the waist, issued from the hatchway of the engine-room.'
First part, Book VI, chapter V.
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_102
License type
Rights managed
Available size
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