Fell to the Ground

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Zoom in — I, through compassion fainting, seem'd not far
From death, and like a corpse fell to the ground.

Artist

Name:: Doré, Gustave
Dates:: 1832-1883
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Dumont, Louis Paul Pierre
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dante's Inferno
Author:: Alighieri, Dante
Publisher:: New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., n.d.

Description:

A man lies sprawled on the ground while another kneels beside him, wrapped in a cloak. Behind them, the sky is filled with clusters of human figures flowing in all directions, as though blown about by strong, shifting winds.

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