Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
Tragedy near the peak 'du Décollé': 'The man brought his two closed fists to a level with his collar-bone, then struck out his arms sharply, and his two fists, as if thrown from a sling, struck the coast-guardman on the two shoulders.'
First part, Book V, chapter VIII.
Illustration from a set of 56 engravings published in the English edition of 'Les Travailleurs de la Mer' ('Toilers of the Sea'), by Victor Hugo, published in 1869 by Sampson Low, Son and Marston.
Illustrator: François-Nicolas Chifflart.
Date
1869
Credit line
Photo12/Pierre Pitrou
Reference
PTR22A00_020
License type
Rights managed
Available size
95,3Mb (7,6Mb) / 15,9in x 23,3in / 4761 x 6997 (300dpi)