Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
Raw shellfish supper: 'He ate the shell-fish raw. Shell-fish help in a certain degree to quench the thirst.'
Second part, Book II, chapter IV
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_122
License type
Rights managed
Available size
169,7Mb (15,3Mb) / 23,9in x 27,6in / 7172 x 8268 (300dpi)