Gustave Doré was a famous 19th
century French artist, printmaker, illustrator and sculptor. Doré worked
primarily with wood engraving, and was well known for illustrating several
important national publications, including the Bible.
"Covent Garden Market" (London, A Pilgrimage) (1871)
ink and chalk on brown paper
18 x 25.5cm (image), approx. 30 x 40cm (frame)
signed lower right
The artwork available is a detailed ink and chalk sketch of Covent Garden, completed during his important trip to London in 1871. This particular illustration was the basis of a series of wood engravings for Blanchard Jerrold’s “London, A Pilgrimage” (1872), a publication that would serve as the central inspiration for a young Vincent Van Gogh.
“If you can afford it – if I can, I’ll do it too – subscribe to this year’s Katholieke Illustratie, which has Doré’s prints of London – the wharves on the Thames, Westminster, Whitechapel, the Underground railway” (Vincent in a letter to brother Theo, 13 Jan 1877)
“The other day I saw the whole of Doré’s work on London — I say, that’s splendidly beautiful and noble in sentiment — for example in the room in the night refuge for beggars, which you have, I believe, and otherwise can still get.” (Vincent in a letter to Anthon Van Rappard, 19 Sep 1882)
The artwork is RARE and in GOOD condition. It is on brown paper (common medium for Dore sketches), which has darkened with age. It is hand-signed by the artist and has been professionally framed in a custom gilt, gallery frame, with custom plaque. Also included is a copy of an early auction catalogue from the estate of the original owner, a famous Australian art collector.
Don’t miss this opportunity to own this historically important, influential artwork by one of the most famous 19th century French artists!!
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