All Resolutions
Aware, thrusting him back: "Away! down there
To the other dog!"
Artist
- Name:
- Doré, Gustave
- Dates:
- 1832-1883
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Pannemaker, Adolphe François
- 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.
Description
Three men standing in a rowboat are being surrounded by people in the water swimming in their direction to try to climb aboard. One of them is being repelled, as the ferryman strives to keep the boat moving.
Keywords: 19th century, black & white, boat, cliff, nudity, pleading, swimming, The divine comedy
