Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
Smugglers at the top of the Moie platform: 'The smugglers observed the sail narrowly, suspecting that it might be some coast-guard cutter about to lie in ambush behind the Great Hanway.'
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: Ernest Boetzel.
Date
1869
Credit line
Photo12/Pierre Pitrou
Reference
PTR22A00_026
License type
Rights managed
Available size
100,9Mb (8,0Mb) / 16,7in x 23,5in / 5006 x 7046 (300dpi)