Artists' ToolsFrench19th century
Wood-engraving block: "I pass like night, from land to land, I have strange power of speech" (plate 18)
19th century
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Gustave DoréArtist
Dimensions
framed: 34.4 × 27.3 cm (13 9/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
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