Dore Collection (page 6)

Amid this dread exuberance of woe ran naked spirits wing d with horrid fear, c1890. The damned, handcuffed with snakes: With serpents were their hands behind them bound

But the other proved a goshawk... and in the boiling lake both fell, c1890. Creator
But the other proved a goshawk able to rend well his foe; and in the boiling lake both fell, c1890. Two demons fall into a lake of molten pitch

In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming; Thou art caught, c1890. Creator
In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming; " Thou art caught", c1890. The demon Alichino chases the escaping sinner Bonturo Dati

This said, they grappled him with more than hundred hooks, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
This said, they grappled him with more than hundred hooks, c1890. Naked sinners are punished by demons. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

There stood I like the friar, that doth shrive a wretch for murder doom d, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Pope Nicholas III

Thais is this, the harlot, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Thais is this, the harlot, whose false lip answer d her doting paramour that ask d, " Thankest me much!", c1890

Why greedily thus bendest more on me?, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Why greedily thus bendest more on me, than on these other filthy ones, thy ken?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Alessio Interminei of Lucca immers d in ordure

Ah! How they made them bound at the first stripe!, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Ah! How they made them bound at the first stripe!, c1890. Naked sinners are lashed by demons. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

Forthwith that image vile of fraud appear d, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Forthwith that image vile of fraud appear d, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter the fell monster with the deadly sting

Unceasing was the play of wretched hands, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Unceasing was the play of wretched hands, ...to shake off the heat, still falling fresh, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil witness the damned afflicted by flakes of fire

One cried from far: Say to what pain ye come condemn d, c1890. Creator
One cried from far: " Say to what pain ye come condemn d, who down this steep have journied? Speak from whence ye stand, or else the bow I draw", c1890

And there at point of the disparted ridge lay stretch d the infamy of Crete, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter the Minotaur

Haste now, the foremost cried, now haste thee death!, c1890
" Haste now, " the foremost cried, " now haste thee death!", c1890. Men who who have been transformed into trees

From the profound abyss, behind the lid of a great monument we stood retired, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil shelter in craggy rocks and try to avoid the horrible excess of fetid exhalation

Here the brute Harpies make their nest, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Here the brute Harpies make their nest, c1890. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno), the first part of " The Divine Comedy" (La divina commedia) by Dante Alighieri

Mark thou each dire Erynnis, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Mark thou each dire Erynnis, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter the Erinyes: three hellish furies stain d with blood

I could not hear what terms he offer d them, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
I could not hear what terms he offer d them, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil land on the far bank of the river Styx

My teacher sage aware, thrusting him back, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Then stretch d he forth hands to the bark; whereof my teacher sage aware, thrusting him back: " Away! down there To the other dogs!", c1890

Soon as both embark d, cutting the waves, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Soon as both embark d, cutting the waves, goes on the ancient prow, more deeply than with others it is wont, c1890. Phlegyas ferries Dante

To the gate he came, and with his wand touch d it, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
To the gate he came, and with his wand touch d it, whereat open without impediment it flew, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil pass through the gate of Dis

Not all the gold, that is beneath the moon or ever hath been, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Not all the gold, that is beneath the moon or ever hath been, of these toil-worn souls Might purchase rest for one, c1890. The damned struggling to push heavy weights uphill

Curs d wolf ! Thy fury inward on thyself prey, and consume thee!, c1890. Creator
Curs d wolf ! Thy fury inward on thyself prey, and consume thee!, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

Thy city heap d with envy to the brim, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Thy city heap d with envy to the brim, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

Then my guide, his palms expanding on the ground, c1890. Creator: Gustave DorA©
Then my guide, his palms expanding on the ground, thence filled with earth, rais d them, and cast it in his ravenous maw, c1890

I through compassion fainting, seem d not far from death, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
I through compassion fainting, seem d not far from death, and like a corpse fell to the ground, c1890. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

In its leaves that day we read no more, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
The book and writer both were loves purveyors. In its leaves that day we read no more, c1890. Paolo and Francesca, the adulterous lovers

The stormy blast of hell with restless fury drives the spirits on, c1890. Creator
The stormy blast of hell with restless fury drives the spirits on, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil, watching souls in torment

There Minos stands, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
There Minos stands, grinning with ghastly feature: he, of all who enter, strict examining the crimes, gives sentence, and dismisses them beneath, c1890

Only so far afflicted, that we live desiring without hope, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Only so far afflicted, that we live desiring without hope, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

So I beheld united the bright school of him the monarch of sublimest song, c1890
So I behold united the bright school of him the monarch of sublimest song, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

E en in like manner Adams evil brood, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
E en in like manner Adams evil brood, cast themselves one by one down from the shore, c1890. The dead crossing the river Styx to Hell

All hope abandon, ye who enter here, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
All hope abandon, ye who enter here, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil enter Hell. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

I, who now bid thee on this errand forth, am Beatrice, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
I, who now bid thee on this errand forth, am Beatrice, c1890. Dante and Beatrice. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

He, soon as he saw that I was weeping, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
He, soon as he saw that I was weeping, answer d, " Thou must needs another way pursue, if thou wouldst scape from out that savage wilderness", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

Scarce the ascent began, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Scarce the ascent began, when, lo! a panther, nimble, light. And cover d with a speckled skin, appear d, c1890. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

In the midway of this our mortal life, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
In the midway of this our mortal life, c1890. Dante in a wood. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

Portrait of Dante Alighieri, (c1890). Creator: Gustave Doré
Portrait of Dante Alighieri, (c1890). Italian writer and poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) whose long narrative poem " The Divine Comedy" written in Italian c1308-1321

One of Gustave Dores Illustrations for The Ancient Mariner, c1870s, (c1950). Scene of desperate sailors on a becalmed ship, from Samuel Taylor Coleridges The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Water

Over London - By Rail, 1872. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

La Danse macabre (The Dance of Death). Private Collection

Gustave Dore Illustration for Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes character, published in Paris in 1863

View of the facade of the Cafe Maison Doree, restaurant in Barcelona, ??located in Plaza Catalonia, corner pasaje Rivadeneyra, 1910s

Room of the Cafe Maison Dore in Barcelona, ??1915 photograph, postcard

Dining room of the Restaurant Maison Doree in Barcelona, ??1915 photograph, postcard

Panel of the room of the Cafe Maison Doree in Barcelona, ??photography of 1915, postcard

Covent Garden Market-Early Morning, 1872. Artist: Gauchard Brunier
Covent Garden Market-Early Morning, 1872. Scene at Covent Garden Market showing goods being unloaded from carts. Taken from London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dore

Newgate-Exercise Yard, 1872. Artist: Heliodore Joseph Pisan
Newgate-Exercise Yard, 1872. View of prisoners excercising at Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, London. Taken from London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dore

A Ball at the Mansion House, 1872. Artist: Journard
A Ball at the Mansion House, 1872. Interior view of Mansion House in London during a ball. Taken from London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dore

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