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Artist
- Name:
- Doré, Gustave
- Dates:
- 1832-1883
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The University of Pittsburgh Library System, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Œuvres de François Rabelais
- Author(s):
- Rabelais, François
- Publisher:
- Paris: J. Bry Aîné, 1854
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A woman is prostrate with grief next to a bed where a dead body is lying. A large cross can be seen on the sheet which has been pulled up to the head of the deceased as monstrous creatures coming out of the shadows begin to fill the room.
The caption reads in the original French: Vertus Dieu, la chambre est desja pleine de diables…
Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, black & white, death, eerie, monster, sad, supernatural
