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Description Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: Arrival of Charon. "And lo! towards us coming in a boat / An old man, hoary with the hair of eld, / Crying: 'Woe unto you, ye souls depraved!'" (Longfellow's translation) "And, lo! toward us in a bark / Comes an old man, hoary white with eld, / Crying "Woe to you, wicked spirits!" (Cary's translation)
Date Originally 1857
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[From the Title Page:]

Dante's Inferno
translated by
The Rev. Henry Francis Cary, MA
from the original of
Dante Alighieri
and illustrated with the designs of
M. Gustave Doré
New Edition
With Critical and Explanatory notes, Life of Dante, and Chronology
Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
New York, London and Paris

The book was printed c. 1890 in America.
Author
  • Gustave Doré (1832 – 1883)
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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Levels adjustment, dirt and scratch removal, the line caused by the gap between the woodblocks was made a little more subtle. See File:Gustave_Doré_-_Dante_Alighieri_-_Inferno_-_Plate_9_(Canto_III_-_Charon).png for the original, in archival format..

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