Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
His head disappeared under the water: 'At the moment when the vessel vanished on the line of the horizon, the head of Gilliatt disappeared. Nothing was visible now but the sea.'
Third part, Book III, chapter V.
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_143
License type
Rights managed
Available size
211,4Mb (11,5Mb) / 31,5in x 26,1in / 9449 x 7818 (300dpi)