PRINCE IN THE BANQUETING HALL
£45.00
Original 9 1/2 inch x 7 3/4 inch Engraving titled THE PRINCE IN THE BANQUETING HALL.
”Following the adventures of the Prince in “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood”, we here find that young hero in the grand banqueting-hall of the palace, looking down from a gallery on the crowd of sleeping, moveless figures.”
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 Émile Deschamps.
Illustration from “Fairy Realm: a Collection of the Favourite Old Tales Told in Verse” published in 1865.
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.
Availability: 1 in stock
