Paul Gustave Dore, thanks to his popular steelplate illustrations, added to the resale value of many 19th Century books. This French artist, born in Strasbourg, was also a noted engraver and sculptor.
Dore's first work as an illustrator came at the age of 17 when he came to Paris for an engagement with the Journal pour rire. By the time of his death, Gustave Dore had at times earned the lofty sum of 10,000 pounds per year illustrating the books of such famous authors as Cervantes, Coleridge, Milton, Tennyson, Poe, Balzac, and Rabalais.
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An example of Gustave Dore's sculpture is his statue of Alexandre Dumas in Paris. His illustrated English Bible in 1866 led to a London Exhibition of his work in 1867, and the subsequent opening of the Dore Gallery on New Bond Street.
Collaborating with Blanchard Jerrold in 1869, Dore contributed 180 engravings to an illustrated book on London, which met with commercial success.
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