Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
After the sermon: '[...] he was heard to say as he was going out in the midst of the faithful flock, 'You see, I have an odd notion of my own on this matter ; I imagine God as a merciful being.'
First part, Book III, chapter XII.
Illustrator: Daniel Vierge.
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_080
License type
Rights managed
Available size
154,1Mb (13,0Mb) / 21,7in x 27,6in / 6496 x 8292 (300dpi)