Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The dark attack was coming: 'A flash of lightning gave the signal ; the livid opening in the zenith closed ; a driving torrent of rain fell ; then all became dark, save where the lightnings broke forth once more.'
Second part, Book III, 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_128
License type
Rights managed
Available size
171,5Mb (16,9Mb) / 24,2in x 27,6in / 7252 x 8268 (300dpi)