Gustave Doré illustrating the Bible
Félix Nadar, around 1866
Done after the Nadar's Panthon project (the Bible illustrée par Gustave Doré (Bible Illustrated by Gustave Doré) was published in 1866)
Charcoal sketch on brown paper with white-gouache highlights, 30.8 x 23.2 cm.
BnF, Prints and Photographs Department, STORAGE NA-88-ECU BOX
© Bibliothèque nationale de France
Gustave Doré got his start as an illustrator for small newspapers at a very young age. There he encountered Nadar, his elder by 12 years. The strong bond of friendship they quickly forged would last throughout their lives. The brothers' first portrait of him, for Nadar's Pantheon, was done by Adrien Tournachon; the last, on his deathbed, by Félix Nadar.
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