The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-22

inrs selling for this sum his entire oopyrent
At this rate he would obtain $13,00O Tor MS
DANTE" $4,000 for La Fontaine's Fables
$4,000 for "Atala-" and $4,000 for "Orlando's
Turioso." With these data 1t would be easy for
A curious render to compute the aggregate OF
Dore's receipts from his main sources OF reve-
mo by simply umberinR the large folio draw
iprs In the various books which he illustrated.
His income. however. was fed by many minor
streams. As we have pointed out above. tho
quantity OF his work scattered over illustrated
periodicals was prodigious. He had thirst
for gain. not that he might indulge In pleas
ures or frivolities. but because he had dreams
not to DO realized without fortune The money
and drawings he rave away bore witness to his
generosity and charity. He was utterly care
less about his personal expenditures When
he was In London his money used to lie about
his lodgings Just where he had emptied It from
his pockets. One day servant picked up a rou-
leau OF Napoleons which had been lett upon
the table. All humble folk who did him ser
vice he paid lavlshly He could not pass
beerar and refuse him his groat Jerroid says
that ono morning while they were breakfast
ing npto was handed to Dor6. French
chroniau eur. Of whom Dore could not speak
without contempt. wanted S25 to carry him
back to Paris. While Dor6 folded the bank note
in an envelope. he said: This Is for a gen.
tleman who IL never tired Of attacking me.
and who will fall upon mo tomorrow IL no hos
the opportunity" Apropos Of the artists
mower OF earning money. we may mention that
the estlm ated value Of the illustrated Shake
speare projected by him WAS 100000. This
work. however. far from being completed. was
scarcely more than begun. MY Shakespeare!
Ny Shakespeare" he cried on Ms deathbed.
Il must get UP quickly to finish It." When he
diod in January. 1883. he left only some twenty
Shakespearean creations In moro or less
definite form, although hundreds of sheets OF
drawing paper were covered with Shakespear-
can notes.
Mr.. Hamorton. who Is at once discriminate
ing and sympathetic critic OF this artist. has
expressed regret that Dor6. when he felt his
ground as painter. altered his scale and took
to immense canvases. It used to be said thut
people had not houses big enough to hold such
pictures as his Massacre Of the Innocents."
which was In truth Of scenic proportions. 1t Is
certain. also. that Dor6's method Of producing
the effects Of light and shade by tint OF shade
out Of which his design was picked In Chinese
white. told against him when he first tookto
oil MS vehicle for the production Of effects
upon large scale He got the effects of
scene painter. He produced broad washes.
His painting. however, was deficient in solid
ty, anu III Valley vi ohuuoWos AhA A'hu e''Sh
him all his shadows upon wood but when he
came to color he forgot in his earliest works in
OIL ut all events. the infinite variations in the
tints Of shadow in nature To the end his paint
ing was deficient in the delicate gradations OF
color His shadows were often inky. Masto,
as he was OF chiaroscuro. no neglected the
wealth Of Transparent colors at the oil paint
ers command. 1t has been said that the only
artist who has shown q mastery over gloom
ind glure equal to Dore is Rembrandt: but
in Rembrandts deepest gloom one finds var-
ETY. OF color and therein as u painter he had
the advantage OF his modern rival