Vuillier, Gaston (1847-1915)

Creator details

Name
Vuillier, Gaston (1847-1915)
Nationality
French

Assets (42 in total)

Hammering the Spleen (pencil & wash on paper)
Colomba, illustration from 'Colomba' by Prosper Merimee (1803-70) (engraving) (b/w photo)
Victor Hugo and his relatives attended the second performance of “Le roi s'amuse” at the Comedie Francaise on November 22, 1882 (engraving)
Construction of the Panama canal - Monkey Hill, 1882 (engraving)
The Counter-Spell by the Image (pencil on paper heightened with white)
Dances in the public square. Engraving by G.Vuillier, to illustrate the story Le val d'Andorra, by Gaston Vuillier, in le tour du monde 1888, directed by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), Hachette, Paris.
Portrait of Rosita Mauri (1849-1923), Spanish classical dancer. Engraving by Vuillier in “” Le Monde Illustré”” n°1237 of 11 December 1880.
Portrait of Dr. Gustave Lebon (1841-1931). Engraving by G.Vuillier, to illustrate the story La Syria d'aujourd'hui, by M.Lortet, dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Lyon, charged with a scientific mission by the Ministry of Public Education, published in the Tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1881, Paris. Selva Collection.
Tragging canoes at Innkissi Falls (or Livingstone Falls) (Congo), under the direction of Sir H.M.Stanley (1841-1904), drawing by G.Vuillier, to illustrate the story “Through the Mysterious Continent””, a voyage made between 1874-1877, by Sir H.M.Stanley. Engraving in Le tour du monde, 1878, directed by Edouard Charton, Paris. Selva Collection.
Portrait of Charles Lavigerie Archeveque of Algiers, Cardinal Primate of Africa. Engraving by M.G. Vuillier in
The cave Napoleon, or Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) loved to take refuge as a child to study and meditate. Engraving and story “” La Corse”” by Gaston Vuillier (1845-1915), in 1890, in Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages, under the direction of Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1st semester 1891, edition Hachette, Paris.
Tuna fishing (mattanza): the death chamber, tuna presses in a tight space are covered by the harpoons of the fishermen. Engraving and story “” La Sardaigne”” by Gaston Vuillier (1845-1915), in 1890, in Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages, under the direction of Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 2nd semester 1891, edition Hachette, Paris.

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