DEATH OF ATHALIAH 1885 Gustave Doré - Alexandre Hurel ANTIQUE ENGRAVING
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- Location : United Kingdom
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Original 9 3/4 inch x 7 3/4 inch Engraving titled DEATH OF ATHALIAH.
”At the drowning of Joash, Athaliah, who had for a time usurped the kingdom, raised a tumult in the temple of Jerusalem, where the priest had forbidden her to be slain. But the people followed her out, and at the entrance of the horse-gate by the king’s house she was slain.”
Illustration by Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883). The most popular and successful French book illustrator of the middle of the 19th century. Doré became widely known for his illustrations to such books as Danté’s Inferno (1861), Don Quixote (1862), and the Bible (1866), and he helped to give European currency to the illustrated book of large format. He was so prolific that at one time he employed more than forty wood engravers. His work is characterized by an eclectic mix of Michelangelesque nudes, northern traditions of sublime landscape, and a highly spirited love of the grotesque and bizarre.
Engraved by Alexandre Hurel.
From Doré’s illustrated edition of the Bible 1866.
This edition from Cassell’s ‘Doré Gallery’ published in 1885.
Page size 12 1/4 inch x 9 1/8 inch
The engraving is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.
Listing Information
| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 223452357 |
| Start Time | Fri 30 Aug 2024 04:35:31 (EDT) |
| Close Time | Run Until Sold |
| Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
| Item Condition | Used |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 41 |
| Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Auto Extend | No |
| Date of Creation | 1800-1899 |
| Listed By | Artist |
| Originality | Original |
| Print Surface | Paper |
| Subject | Fantasy |
