Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The strokes of his hatchet: 'He [...] had reached its highest point. His strenght had grown tenfold greater. He had become heated with his own intrepidity. The strokes of his hatchet were like blows of defiance.'
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_129
License type
Rights managed
Available size
166,6Mb (15,3Mb) / 23,5in x 27,6in / 7044 x 8268 (300dpi)