Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable Shape, Gustave Dore, 1880.

{ Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable Shape. The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast—a serpent armed With mortal sting ] woodcut by Gustave Doré, published in Milton's Paradise Lost, about 1880. Good condition with good margins. Size 20 x 25 cms plus margins. Ref G1107