Section 11. Illustrated Bibles

107. Gustave Dore Bible, Apocalypse Illustrations, Rider on a White Horse, 1866

Museum of the Book, London

Doré (d. 1883) was a prolific French artist and printmaker specializing in book illustrations whose most profitable work was a series of 241 illustrations for the Bible; he made 4 illustrations of the Apocalypse including the Pale Horse of Death