LONDON A PILGRIMAGE BY GUSTAVE DORE AND BLANCGARD JERROLD With 180 illustrations by GUSTAVE DORE

LONDON A PILGRIMAGE BY GUSTAVE DORE AND BLANCGARD JERROLD With 180 illustrations by GUSTAVE DORE

Publication in English. Includes 180 illustrations by G. Dore. Dover Publications, Inc. New York 1970. Dimension.2.87x21; pages 192.Publisher's softcover varnished (minor signs of use-bending, a few dings).

(...)The book was written in 1868 by an experienced journalist and writer Jerrold. The author and the famous artist Gustav Dore strolled through every corner of the surging metropolis, sometimes accompanied by policemen in civilian clothes. As Gordon Ray writes: "In recent years London: A Pilgrimage has been accepted as Dore's greatest achievement.... Implicit in Dore's designs is the devastating contrast between the lives of the rich and the poor, a contrast that can be seen in any great modern city, but particularly acute in Victorian London. Dore's most memorable records depict the terrifying but picturesque lives of the working and immersed classes" (...)