The Night of the Crucifixion
Engraving
1878 (published)
1878 (published)
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Gustave Doré was a largely self-taught artist who had illustrated the Bible in 1866. The painting on which this print is based was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1873. It was then shown at the Doré Gallery, a permanent exhibition of the artist’s work which had opened in London in 1868. The Doré Gallery was visited by two and a half million visitors before it closed in 1892. 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 | The Night of the Crucifixion (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Steel engraving on paper |
| Brief description | Engraving, "Night of the Crucifixion", by Herbert Bourne and William Ridgeway, after Gustave Doré, published London, 1878 |
| Physical description | Engraving |
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| Credit line | Given by J. G. Woodgate |
| Literary reference | The Bible |
| Summary | Gustave Doré was a largely self-taught artist who had illustrated the Bible in 1866. The painting on which this print is based was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1873. It was then shown at the Doré Gallery, a permanent exhibition of the artist’s work which had opened in London in 1868. The Doré Gallery was visited by two and a half million visitors before it closed in 1892. 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, 193, p.525 |
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| Accession number | E.1561-2001 |
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| Record created | April 3, 2003 |
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