Ship in Stormy Sea | Gustave Doré | 1876

Gustave Doré’s Ship in Stormy Sea (1876) belongs to his illustrated interpretation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. A small sailing vessel is pitched among steep, curling waves beneath a vast and threatening sky. The ship’s tilted masts and brilliant rigging provide a precarious point of focus within the surrounding darkness.

The wood-engraved image achieves its drama through the disciplined arrangement of black and white. Closely spaced lines describe water, spray and cloud, while abrupt areas of light give the sea a restless, sculptural presence. The vessel’s reduced scale turns the storm into an overwhelming environment rather than a simple background to human action. Doré’s illustration extends the poem’s atmosphere of danger and estrangement, combining meticulous description with a vision of nature that feels immense, unstable and almost supernatural.

Frame:

Created from high-quality wood, milled with simple clean lines and presented with a satin finish. Includes a snow-white mount that will not discolour or fade with age.

All framed prints feature our premium fine art paper. This is a museum-quality paper which reproduces photography and artworks with exceptional tonality and renders sharp details with consistent flatness and accuracy.

Print: 

For the matted / mounted prints we use a thick 2.4mm window mount cut from premium, textured mountboard. All mounts are "conservation grade", FSC certified, 100% acid free, and will not discolour or fade with age.

• Simple, elegant design
• Premium, fine art paper with a gently textured surface
• Handmade by specialist picture framers
• FSC certified snow-white mat / window mount
• Delivered ready for hanging

Sizes:

11 x 14 Inches = 27.9 cm x 35.6 cm

16 x 20 Inches = 40.6 cm x 50.8 cm