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Artist
- Name:
- Grandville, J.-J.
- Dates:
- 1803-1847
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Andrew, Best & Leloir
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
Periodical
- Title:
- Le magasin pittoresque, vol. 8
- Author(s):
- Collective work
- Publisher:
- Paris: Édouard Charton, 1840
Description
Gargantua, son of the giant Grandgousier and his wife Gargamelle, is a character created by François Rabelais. A giant himself, Gargantua was bigger and taller than any of his ancestors to such an extent that it was impossible to find a nurse who could fulfill his needs. A herd of some seventeen thousand cows had to be kept to feed him.
The caption reads in the original French: Gargantua dans son berceau. — dessin de J.-J. Grandville.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, child, eating, giant, Le magasin pittoresque, periodical
