Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The rescue: 'Gilliatt was always at work at early dawn. Except his time of sleep, he did not take a moment of repose.'
Second part, Book I, chapter IX.
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_117
License type
Rights managed
Available size
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