'...here I opened wide the door; Darkness there and nothing more...': a n illustration for Edgar Allan Poe: 'The Raven'

GUSTAVE DORÉ (1832-1883) '...here I opened wide the door; Darkness there and nothing more...': an illustration for Edgar Allan Poe: 'The Raven' signed Gv Doré (lower right) black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, heightened with white on paper 52,7 x 35,4 cm. (20 ¾ x 13 7⁄8 in.)