'Sorrow for the lost Lenore' - An illustration for Edgar Allan Poe: 'The Raven'
$500
GUSTAVE DORÉ (1832-1883)
'Sorrow for the lost Lenore' - An illustration for Edgar Allan Poe: 'The Raven'
signed G. Doré (lower left)
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash, heightened with white on paper
together with: Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven, the complete book comprising 26 steel-engravings after Gustave Doré, 1883, with title and text, published by Samson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1883, with title and text, bound within the original paper-covered boards with the artist's name, title and design in gilt and black on the front, the binding worn
Sheet 52.6 x 35,6 cm. (20 ¾ x 14 in.)
Book 47 x 38 cm. (18 ½ x 14 ¾ in.)(2)