Fear Art Prints

A full moon breaks through banks of cloud over a sheepfold at night, framed by bare, twisted trees. Along the far rail, wolves' eyes glint white in the dark, and more wolves are already over the fence, dropping into the pen from both sides. The flock scatters across the straw, heads thrown back and mouths open, while at the centre a wolf sinks its teeth into a crying lamb. Pale fleece is cut in fine engraved lines against deep shadow.

The original: engraving by Jonnard after Gustave Doré, illustrating La Fontaine's fable The Wolves and the Sheep (Book III) in Doré's illustrated edition of the Fables, first published in 1868.

Gustave Doré (1832–1883) was the most prolific and visually ambitious illustrator of the 19th century — a French artist whose engravings for Dante's Inferno, the Bible, Cervantes, Milton, and Rabelais defined the visual imagination of an era. Working at a scale and with a dramatic intensity that no illustrator before or since has matched, he transformed book illustration into a form of monumental art. His London engravings documenting Victorian poverty, his apocalyptic biblical visions, and his fairy-tale forests remain among the most powerful graphic images of the 19th century.

Each print is a giclée, printed to order. Unframed prints are made on Hahnemühle German Etching, a 310gsm matte fine-art paper. Framed prints are printed on 200gsm matte fine-art paper and arrive in a handmade solid-wood frame with low-reflection glazing, ready to hang. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.