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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGustave Doré’s Splendid Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” (1884)
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One of the busiest, most in-demand artists of the 19th century, Gustave Doré made his name illustrating works by such authors as Rabelais, Balzac, Milton, and Dante. In the 1860s, he created one of the most memorable and popular illustrated editions of Cervantes Don Quixote, while at the same time completing a set of engravings for an 1866 English Bible. He probably could have stopped there and assured his place in posterity, but he would go on to illustrate a 1972 guide to London, a new edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridges Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and several more hugely popular works.
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Gustave Doré’s Splendid Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” (1884) (Original Post)
MerryBlooms
Mar 2016
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grasswire
(50,130 posts)1. I have some engravings from that edition of the Bible.
And they are gorgeous.
Thanks for posting this.
MerryBlooms
(11,769 posts)3. Oh gosh, how fortunate to own such treasures.
y/w
grasswire
(50,130 posts)5. Note: I don't take books apart. :-)
I acquired these in a folder of assorted engravings at a sale somewhere. I rescued them. I never take old books apart, but I sometimes buy them just to preserve the engravings from someone who might want to decoupage them on top of a coffee table or somethin'.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. He has earned a place in posterity just for living from the 1860's to 1972.
but he would go on to illustrate a 1972 guide to London,
MerryBlooms
(11,769 posts)4. I think that's a typo, since he passed in 1883.