While, at first glance, it may seem a bit odd for a Victorian blogger to be devoting space to a French illustrator, Gustave Doré looms large over nineteenth-century visual culture--not just in France and Britain, but also in the USA.
- Art Renewal Center: Gustave Dore: Short biography and almost eighty images.
- An Overview: Selection of images from the Victorian Web.
- Dore Gallery: Five subgalleries, including Paradise Lost.
- Drawings and Illustrations: Comprehensive collection; can be slow to load.
- World Wide Arts Resources: Links to miscellaneous images in museum holdings.
- NYPL Digital Library: Eleven images.
- Fairy Tale Illustrations: Doré's illustrations for six fairy tales.
- The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations: Project Gutenberg edition of the 1891 text.
- London: A Pilgrimage: Illustrations from the 1872 work, written by Blanchard Jerrold and illustrated by Doré. You can read the text here.
- Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise: Hosted at Digital Dante.
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: A UVa e-text; Doré's illustrations are mixed in with those of other artists.
- Don Quijote (PDF file): One hundred and twenty illustrations for Don Q; in German.
Thanks for the great links. I'm teaching Dore next week in my course on late Victorian decadent literature, as we're starting our Salome unit. It's always my favorite part of the class.
Posted by: Margo | May 06, 2006 at 06:51 PM
Oh dear, in my excitement I confused Gustav Dore, who I am NOT teaching, with Gustav Moreau, who I am. Sorry. I guess I'll never make a favorable impression around here.
Posted by: Margo | May 06, 2006 at 07:01 PM
Dore's illustrations for Eugene Sue's "The Wandering Jew" are also very strong.
Posted by: bob | May 06, 2006 at 11:06 PM
I was interested to view all the information on the internet on Gustav Dore as he was my great great uncle. My Mothers grandmothers brother..
Regards Annya Strydom
Posted by: Annya Strydom | May 24, 2006 at 03:48 PM
i have a copy of milton's paradise lost, it is a blue hard cover with no printing date in it, it has a gilded angel on the cover and it clearly states it large gilded letters under the angel that gustave dore illistrated it, does anyone know how much it might be worth?
Posted by: joe mogel | July 06, 2006 at 11:21 AM
I have a very old copy of The Dore' Gallery of Bible Illustrations . It has white parchment sheets between each of the illustrations . Can you give me an idea of the value ?
Posted by: Betty Brady | July 27, 2006 at 01:01 PM
There's also this, on the "Dore Vase":
Posted by: Xensen | August 07, 2006 at 02:57 AM
My great aunt has an entire book dedicated to Poe's "The Raven" with Dore etchings throughout. Although I understand Dore was active with various Romantic authors, I've not yet heard of any other connection to Poe. Info?
Posted by: Maureen Herbert | October 25, 2006 at 10:32 AM
hi, here is another link that might be of interest for people interested in Gustave Dore:
http://www.dore-images.com
Posted by: ScrapGuy | May 24, 2009 at 09:02 AM