Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The Douvres: 'It might have been imagined to be a Titanic Cromlech, planted there in mid-ocean by an imperious whim, and built up by hands accustomed to proportion their labours to the great deep.'
Second part, Book I, chapter I.
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_110
License type
Rights managed
Available size
186,0Mb (20,9Mb) / 33,4in x 21,7in / 10006 x 6496 (300dpi)