Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The flying multitude: 'The flying multitude seemed at last to give up their design. The circle suddenly took a spiral form, and the cloud of sea birds came down upon 'The Man' rock at the extremity of the group [...].'
Second part, Book I, chapter VII.
Illustrator: Daniel Vierge. Engraver: Albert Bellenger.
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_116
License type
Rights managed
Available size
167,0Mb (14,7Mb) / 21,7in x 30,0in / 6496 x 8985 (300dpi)