06 Aug 2012 --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Paradiso, Canto 31 : The queen of heaven - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
2011-12- --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Purgatorio, Canto 13 : The souls of the envious - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
2011-12- --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Inferno, Canto 28 : The severed head of Bertrand de Born speaks to Dante - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
06 Aug 2012 --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Paradiso, Canto 31 : The saintly throng form a rose in the empyrean - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
2011-12- --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Purgatorio, Canto 11 : The souls of the prideful, bearing heavy stones - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
2011-12- --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Inferno, Canto 29 : The falsifiers and forgers tormented with itching - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
2012-08- --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Inferno, Canto 8 : Virgil and Dante disembark at the citadel of Dis - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
A Victorian city thorough fare - London in 19th century. Engraving by Gustave Doré, from 'London, a Pilgrimage, by Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold', 1872.
2011-12- --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Paradiso, Canto 5 : The host of myriad glowing souls in the second realm - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
1872 --- An illustration by Gustave Dore from London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold. --- Image by © Stapleton Collection/Corbis
2011-12- --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Inferno, Canto 18 : Paramours and flatterers in the eighth circle - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
2012-08- --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Inferno, Canto 9 : The angel opens the gates - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
2012-08- --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Inferno, Canto 6 : The gluttons battered by eternal rain - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
08 Dec 2011 --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Paradiso, Canto 14 : Dante and Beatrice see the angels with Christ on the cross - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
2011-12- --- The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Inferno, Canto 32 : Dante addresses the traitor Bocca degli Abati - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
Oxford and Cambridge boat race passing under Putney Bridge, London. By Gustav Doré, Men, women and children leaning over bridge and cheering. Fiddle and banjo player entertaining crowd. Engraving by Gustave Doré. 'London, a Pilgrimage', by Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold, London 1872.
A fish market. Bilingsgate. Engraving by Gustave Doré, from 'London, a Pilgrimage, by Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold', 1872.
A London river side street showing men working in the warehouses. Engraving by Gustave Doré, from 'London, a Pilgrimage, by Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold', 1872.
The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Paradiso, Canto 3 : The first realm: Piccarda Donati and the souls whose vows had been broken - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia, La Divine Comedie), Inferno, Canto 8 : The soul of the Florentine Philippo Argenti accosts the poets on the Styx - by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1885 --- Image by © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis