Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
On the deck of the ship: 'It is possible to judge of the state of the sea in a passage with the eyes closed, by noting the tremolo of the conversation about you.'
First part, Book VI, chapter III.
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_100
License type
Rights managed
Available size
167,6Mb (13,5Mb) / 23,6in x 27,6in / 7087 x 8268 (300dpi)