Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
Bathing: 'On summer evenings, he would hide behind the rocks of the Houmet-Paradis creek to watch the peasant women bathing in the sea.'
First part, Book IV, chapter I.
Illustrator: Daniel Vierge. Engraver: Albert Bellenger.
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_082
License type
Rights managed
Available size
173,7Mb (10,7Mb) / 24,5in x 27,6in / 7342 x 8268 (300dpi)