1972.1.98.i
Merlin Paints the Young Knight's Shield
1867 (Date created)
Ink
Engraving
Prints
0 in L
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12.063 in W
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16.5 in H
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0 in D
(Paper)
French
Two figures depicted in the woods. A young knight is seated on a rock, holding a shield. An old man leans over the young knight to paint the shield. Illustration from [Idylls of the King], by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Plate 15 of 36.
In Collection
[Doré's Illustrations for "Idylls of the King"], New York: Dover Publications Inc, 1995. Print. (in the gallery library)
B. Roosevelt: Gustave Doré (London, 1885)
B. Jerrold: Life of Gustave Doré (London, 1891)
J. Valmy-Baysse: Gustave Doré (Paris, 1930)
H. Leblanc: Catalogue de l’oeuvre complet de Gustave Doré (Paris, 1931)
F. Haskell: ‘Doré’s London’, Archit. Des., xxxviii (1968), pp. 600–04; also in Past and Present in Art and Taste (New Haven, CT, 1987), pp. 129–40
N. Gosling: Gustave Doré (London, 1973)
A. Renonciat: La Vie et l’oeuvre de Gustave Doré (Paris, 1983)
B. Roosevelt: Gustave Doré (London, 1885)
B. Jerrold: Life of Gustave Doré (London, 1891)
J. Valmy-Baysse: Gustave Doré (Paris, 1930)
H. Leblanc: Catalogue de l’oeuvre complet de Gustave Doré (Paris, 1931)
F. Haskell: ‘Doré’s London’, Archit. Des., xxxviii (1968), pp. 600–04; also in Past and Present in Art and Taste (New Haven, CT, 1987), pp. 129–40
N. Gosling: Gustave Doré (London, 1973)
A. Renonciat: La Vie et l’oeuvre de Gustave Doré (Paris, 1983)
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