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Dark engraving of a man in a long coat climbing steps toward a skeleton holding a pole, beside barred gates and a pale ghostly figure.

Rue de la Vieille lanterne (The Suicide of Gérard de Nerval)

A dark engraving shows a man in a long coat climbing a stone staircase beside barred gates, while a skeletal figure with a long pole looms above him. A pale spectral form and a crowd of ghostly figures glow in the upper left.

Artist
Gustave Doré
Date
1855
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2776 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Gustave Doré died 1883 and the work dates by 1855; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Gustave Doré, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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