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The Triumph of Christianity

Engraving
1872 (published)
Artist/Maker
Fairless & Beeforth (publishers)
Doré, Gustave (artist)
Bourne, Herbert (engraver)
Place of origin
London (made)

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 as a commission for the opening of an exhibition of his work in London in 1868. His contract stipulated that he would also make a watercolour version of the picture "fit for the engraver to engrave from" and that he would receive 15% of the entrance fees, engraving and catalogue sales.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Christianity
Religion
Object type
Engraving
TitleThe Triumph of Christianity (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Steel engraving on paper mounted on canvas
Printing Ink
Canvas
Brief description
Engraving, "The Triumph of Christianity", by Herbert Bourne after Gustave Doré, published by Fairless & Beeforth, London, 1872
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 91.2cm
  • Cut to width: 62cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • G Dore (Signature in pencil, lower left, partially lost.)
  • H Bourne (Signature in pencil, lower right.)
  • Entered according to the Act of Congress in the Year 1871 by William T. Blodgell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. (Lettering)
Credit line
Given by J. G. Woodgate
Subject depicted
Christianity
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 as a commission for the opening of an exhibition of his work in London in 1868. His contract stipulated that he would also make a watercolour version of the picture "fit for the engraver to engrave from" and that he would receive 15% of the entrance fees, engraving and catalogue sales.
Bibliographic reference
Henri Leblanc Catalogue de l'oeuvre complet de Gustave Doré, Paris 1931, p.525
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1557-2001

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Record createdApril 3, 2003
Record URL
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