Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The port of the Moie : 'On the southern coast of Guernsey behind Pleinmont, in the curve of a bay composed entirely of precipices and rocky walls rising peak-shaped from the sea, there is a singular landing-place, to which a French gentleman, a resident of the island since 1855, has given the name of 'The Port of the Fourth Floor', a name now generally adopted.'
First part, Book VII, chapter II.
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_025
License type
Rights managed
Available size
97,8Mb (8,6Mb) / 16,1in x 23,6in / 4824 x 7087 (300dpi)