Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
Ray in the mist: 'The ship was involved in a sort of foggy iceberg. At intervals this terrible circle opened a little, like a pair of pincers ; showed a glimpse of the horizon, and then closed again.'
First part, Book VI, chapter IV.
Illustrator: Victor Hugo.
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_101
License type
Rights managed
Available size
182,0Mb (15,4Mb) / 32,6in x 21,7in / 9791 x 6496 (300dpi)