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.

Print: 

A premium quality heavyweight (200gsm) fine art print material with a smooth, clean finish. This museum quality paper is extremely consistent and works perfectly with large, full colour graphics or illustrations. The matte finish emphasises different highlights and tones in the source artworks; helping to create stunning works of art.

- All prints feature a 0.25 inch white border to ensure space for framing. 

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• FSC approved or sustainably sourced paper
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• Contains no plastic

Sizes:

11 x 14 Inches = 27.9 cm x 35.6 cm

16 x 20 Inches = 40.6 cm x 50.8 cm