Christian martyrs
Engraving
1872 (published)
1872 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Gustave Doré was a largely self-taught artist who had illustrated the Bible in 1866. He painted the picture on which this print is based in1870, for the Doré Gallery, a permanent exhibition of his work which ran in London from 1868 until 1892. The Doré Gallery was visited by two and a half million visitors in this period. The British Evangelist Charles Surgeon considered the pictures “the greatest collection of religious paintings in the World”. The gallery attracted religious pilgrimages and ministers who preached sermons on the paintings.
Object details
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| Title | Christian martyrs (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Steel engraving on paper, india proof |
| Brief description | Engraving, "Christian martyrs", by Herbert Bourne after Gustave Doré, London, 1872 |
| Physical description | Engraving |
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| Credit line | Given by J. G. Woodgate |
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| Summary | Gustave Doré was a largely self-taught artist who had illustrated the Bible in 1866. He painted the picture on which this print is based in1870, for the Doré Gallery, a permanent exhibition of his work which ran in London from 1868 until 1892. The Doré Gallery was visited by two and a half million visitors in this period. The British Evangelist Charles Surgeon considered the pictures “the greatest collection of religious paintings in the World”. The gallery attracted religious pilgrimages and ministers who preached sermons on the paintings. |
| Bibliographic reference | Henri Leblanc, Catalogue de l'oeuvre complet de Gustave Doré, Paris, 1931, p.525 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1558-2001 |
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| Record created | April 3, 2003 |
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