Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The night falling suddenly: 'The sun disappeared suddenly. Gilliatt looked up. The rising cloud had just reached it. It was like the blotting out of day, succeeded by a mingled pale reflection.'
Second part, Book III, chapter VI
Illustrator: Daniel Vierge.
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_127
License type
Rights managed
Available size
168,1Mb (15,7Mb) / 23,7in x 27,6in / 7107 x 8268 (300dpi)