The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and a unique proof of

and a unique proof of "Woman in Prison" which may represent an earlier version of Caprichos 32

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and a unique proof ofGustave Dore's magnificent engravings for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are among the later works of the great French illustrator. The intensely evocative poem provided Dor with the long awaited opportunity to convey limitless space on a gigantic scale, and he exploited the poem's fantastic range of atmosphere to the limits of its possibilities. The terrifying space of the open sea, the storms and whirlpools of an unknown ocean, the vast icy caverns