Seven years later, he began carving in cement. By age five, he was a prodigy troublemaker, playing pranks that were mature beyond his years.
Doré was born in Strasbourg on 6 January 1832. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving. He arrives at the Turkish royal court, where he meets the Sultan, steals his whole treasury, and sails away from Turkey.Īrtist Biography: Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator and sculptor.
#1800S SUBMARINE DRAWING SERIES#
An eighteenth-century German nobleman, Baron Munchausen, experiences a series of amazing adventures. The novel was the basis of the 1988 film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. The fictionalized character was created by Rudolf Erich Raspe. The lead character Baron Munchausen is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen (1720–1797). The strike is crisp and the lines are sharpĮxtra Information: Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia is a 1785 novel about a fictional German nobleman written by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe. This impression is more than 120 years old. Signature: Signed in the plate, lower left.ĭimensions: Image size 5 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches.įramed dimensions: Approximately 15 x 17 inches.įraming: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.Īccompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity.Īdditional notes: This is not a modern print. Medium: Antique woodcut on wove paper after the original by master wood engraver Adolphe François Pannemaker (French, Belgian, 1822 - 1890). Title: A Submarine World (a scene from the Adventures of Baron Munchausen) Artist: Gustave Doré (Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Dore) (French, 1832-1883)
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