Le capitaine Nemo... – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Le capitaine Nemo.... Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Le capitaine Nemo...
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A caption beginning "Le capitaine Nemo" identifies this wood engraving as a scene featuring the enigmatic commander from Jules Verne's *Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*, as it appeared on page 97 of an 1871 edition. Verne's novel, first published in French in the early 1870s, follows a scientist and his companions aboard the Nautilus, a submarine Nemo commands from hidden depths. The book's blend of undersea exploration and speculative technology helped make the submarine a staple of popular fiction, and its engraved illustrations shaped how readers imagined both the vessel and the strange life beneath the waves.
| Created / published | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, 1871, p. 97. Reference copies may be in Biog. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Submarines; Sea monsters; Marine navigation. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 974 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-143108 |
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