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| gustav doré, from dante's inferno |
Gustave doré is my favorite romantic designer.
There is a BIG difference between drawing and engraving. The first is on paper; the second is on wood or copper.
Doré executed the drawings, and they're masterful. However, Doré was not a block-cutter. Therefore, the credit goes to artisans such as Louis Pierre Dumont, Adolphe François Pannemaker, Héliodore Pisan, and Delduc.
Falvey Library shows and explains the differences. Here,
here are some of Doré's famous illustrations.
Divine comedy: paradise.
At the height of Doré's career, some 40 block-cutters were employed to cut his drawings onto the wooden printing blocks, usually also signing the image.
People don't know their names, which explains the difference between art and craft.