id: 74644 accession number: 2015.448 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.448 updated: 2023-12-07 04:46:12.024000 Street Scene (recto); Sketches (verso), c. 1848–49. Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883). Pen and brown ink and gray wash with white (recto); graphite (verso); sheet: 25.2 x 40.4 cm (9 15/16 x 15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2015.448 title: Street Scene (recto); Sketches (verso) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1848–49 creation date earliest: 1843 creation date latest: 1854 current location: creditline: Bequest of Muriel Butkin copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: pen and brown ink and gray wash with white (recto); graphite (verso) department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883) - artist French illustrator, painter and sculptor, best known for his illustrations of epic literature, such as those by Dante, Cervantes, Hugo, and Milton, as well as contemporary texts, such as those by Balzac. In 1872, he began to record the conditions of London slums. These engravings are rich in dramatic detail and show a harsh and nightmarish world. His work influenced that of Van Gough and later, the Symbolists. --- measurements: Sheet: 25.2 x 40.4 cm (9 15/16 x 15 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: discolored gray-blue wove paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: Signed in black ink, lower left: G. Dore; verso, slight graphic sketch of a woman's head; verso, inscribed in graphite, lower center: Charles Aug. Victor/Doerr 1815-1894/In another hand, in graphite: Ch. V. Doerr/eleve de Cogniet/1821-1880 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.448/2015.448_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.448/2015.448_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.448/2015.448_full.tif