Gustave Dore, 1832-1883 – Historic Print
(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 historic print of Gustave Dore, 1832-1883. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Gustave Dore, 1832-1883
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The sitter is Gustave Doré, the French illustrator and engraver whose dramatic book illustrations made him one of the most widely reproduced artists of the nineteenth century. The portrait appeared in the *Galerie Contemporaine*, a French series of portraits of notable living figures issued in the 1870s and 1880s. The record suggests the photograph may be by Nadar, the Paris photographer, and the wood engraving may follow a drawing by Doré, but these attributions are unconfirmed. Doré's illustrations for the Bible, Dante, and Cervantes remain the work most readers still associate with his name.
| Created / published | 1880 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | Photo by Nadar?; wood-engr. plate after Dore? Illus. in: Galerie Contemporaine, 1880. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P I.; BI; Photog. I.; Publ. Ind.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,213 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156646 |
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