Book Title: Dante's Inferno; Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A. from the original of Dante Alighieri, and illustrated with the designs of M. Gustave Doré.

Author: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

Image Title: The Lovers

Description: Dante spies a particular couple who seem less affected by the storm of passions than their counterparts and bids them come closer and reveal their story. Much like Dante, who picks them out of the crowd, the viewer’s focus is drawn to them as everything else (including Dante and Virgil, who can be faintly seen in the back right) fades into the background. Francesca clings to her lover Paolo even as the cause of her death shows darkly against her white flesh. The engraver, Stéphane Pannemaker (1847-1930), has placed his signature at the bottom left, while the artist Gustave Doré (1832-1888) has placed his signature at the bottom right.

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