One of the greatest book illustrators of all time, the nineteenth-century artist Gustav Dore was particularly noted for his brilliantly imaginative scenes of fantasy and the fantasti Among his most frequently portrayed characters were angels. This collection includes dozens of dramatic illustrations depicting Dores celestial beings, as created for such great works of literature as the Bible, Coleridges The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Michauds History of the Crusades and Miltons classic, Paradise Lost.