…taken from: London: a Pilgrimage, text by William Blanchard Jerrold, 1872 Following my previous article looking at Gustave Doré’s depictions of the ‘Thames at Work‘, here below are some of his images of the ‘Thames at Play’. And the *play* that made the most impression on him was the famous Oxford v. Cambridge Boat Race. …
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… that I have chosen from among those in: “London: A Pilgrimage”, with text by William Blanchard Jerrold, 1872. Before working on “London: A pilgrimage” with his long time friend Blanchard Jerrold, – they met in 1855 covering Queen Victoria’s landing in Boulgone – Gustave Doré had become well known in Britain for his striking …
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