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Pictures from “Milton’s Paradise Lost with Fifty Illustrations by Gustave Doré,” New York, John B. Alden, 1884.
Title: Doré Gallery: Paradise Lost
Published by: John B. Alden
City: New York
Date: 1884
Total items: 2
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Then Satan First Knew Pain]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Doree-ParadiseLost/wm/big/058-satan-first-knew-pain-q67-162x200.jpg "[picture: Then Satan First Knew Pain]")
In this pcture signed by Gustav Doré and engraved by Antoine-Alphée Piaud Satan is depicted as a man with bat-like dark wings and curly hair, wearing a chainmail shirt or tunic and rags for a skirt or shorts, with bare legs and bare feet. He is lying on the ground, his forehead wrinkled in surprise, confusion and pain. His sword and shield are on the [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: O Earth, how like to Heaven, if not preferred More justly]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Doree-ParadiseLost/wm/big/082-o-earth-how-like-to-heaven-q67-162x200.jpg "[picture: O Earth, how like to Heaven, if not preferred More justly]")
O Earth, how like to Heaven, if not preferred More justly
Satan here is wearing only a cloth around his waist: his chest, arms, legs, feet are all bare; his wings are spread but he sits on a rock at the edge of a forest bathed in a pool of sunlight; in the background in the shadows we see the dim forms of the naked Adam and Eve. Satan’s curly hair [...] [more...] [$]
Pictures from “Milton’s Paradise Lost with Fifty Illustrations by Gustave Doré,” New York, John B. Alden, 1884.
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