Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The Channel mariners: 'The mariners of the Channel are the true ancient Gauls.'
First part, Book II, chapter III.
Illustrator: François-Nicolas Chifflart.
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_073
License type
Rights managed
Available size
162,6Mb (14,3Mb) / 21,7in x 29,2in / 6496 x 8750 (300dpi)