Fell to the Ground – Old Book Illustrations

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I, through compassion fainting [...] fell to the ground — I, through compassion fainting, seem'd not far
From death, and like a corpse fell to the ground.

Artist

Name:: Doré, Gustave
Dates:: 1832-1883
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood engraving
Engraver:: Dumont, Louis Paul Pierre
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive
Observations:: Dated 1860 by the engraver

Book

Title:: Dante's Inferno
Author(s):: Alighieri, Dante
Publisher:: New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., n.d.
Open Library:: View record.

Description

A man lies sprawled on the ground and another kneels beside him wrapped in a gown as behind them the sky is filled with clusters of human figures flowing in all directions, as though blown around by strong and changing winds.

Keywords: 19th century, black & white, eerie, flying, nudity, wind