Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
'Earnest, but troubled with no impulses but what were useful to his work, he took a final glance at the hoisting-tackle, then seized a file and began to saw with it through the chain which held the whole suspended.'
Second part, Book II, chapter VIII.
Illustrator: Daniel Vierge. Engraver: Désiré Quesnel.
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_123
License type
Rights managed
Available size
172,2Mb (13,6Mb) / 24,3in x 27,6in / 7281 x 8268 (300dpi)