Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The promise of Mess Lethierry: 'He took off his sailor's cap, and threw it on the ground: then looked solemnly before himn, and without seeing any of the persons present, said: 'Déruchette should be his. I pledge myself to it in God's name.'
First part, Book VII, chapter I.
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. Engraver: Fortuné Méaulle.
Date
1869
Credit line
Photo12/Pierre Pitrou
Reference
PTR22A00_024
License type
Rights managed
Available size
94,2Mb (7,9Mb) / 15,8in x 23,2in / 4733 x 6954 (300dpi)