All Resolutions
(P. 545.)
Artist
- Name:
- Rocault, Jules
- Dates:
- 18??-?
Illustration
- Subject:
- Landscapes & places, Science & technology
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The Wellcome Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les merveilles de l'industrie, vol. 1
- Author(s):
- Figuier, Louis
- Publisher:
- Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, n.d. [1873-1877]
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Cross-section view of three levels of the Wieliczka Salt Mine showing a chapel, stables and horses, multiple chambers and passageways with men extracting salt or moving it around in barrels. This illustration was designed after an original artwork by Michał Stachowicz.[1]
The caption reads in the original French: Vue des travaux souterrains dans les mines de sel de Wieliska [sic], en Gallicie.
- ^ La Pologne historique, littéraire, monumentale et pittoresque, vol. 3. Collective work compiled by Leonard Chodźko. Paris, 1839-1842, facing p. 135.
Keywords: 1870s, 19th century, black & white, Europe, Les merveilles de l'industrie, Poland, underground, working
