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Gustave Doré
1832-1883
Eleven Drawings for The History of Don Quixote
ca. 1870
Pen and brown ink on paper.
various dimensions: smallest, 2 15/16 x 3 5/8 inches (75 x 92 mm); largest, 4 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches (112 x 184 mm)
Gift of Norman H. Strouse.
1974.21:1-11
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Watermark: none.
A group of eleven drawings that Doré made for "The History of Don Quixote", London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin (1864-1967), which were engraved by Héliodore Joseph Pisan.
Inscription:
Embossed stamp in form of cockleshell lettered "Extra Superfin[e] Satin" appears on several of the sheets.
Provenance:
Norman H. Strouse, Saint Helena, Calif.
Associated names:
Strouse, Norman H., former owner.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 160.
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