Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The broken hold: 'The hold, broken in , had scattered out the bodies of the drowned cattle upon the sea.'
Second part, Book I, chapter I.
Illustrator: François-Nicolas Chifflart. Engraver: Martin.
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_111
License type
Rights managed
Available size
161,6Mb (14,9Mb) / 21,7in x 29,0in / 6496 x 8695 (300dpi)