Published in 1866 in a deluxe version illustrated by Gustave Doré, re-edited in 1985 by Jean de Bonnot.
Many of the ghosts are said to be depicted in Gustave Doré's 1873 painting of Braemar Castle, which previously hung in the Drawing Room.
He worked with Gustave Doré, for which he composed ornaments like "The Holy Bible according to the Vulgate", published in 1866.
They also experienced a major revival in the 19th century, where they gamboled through paintings by French academic painters, from Gustave Doré’s illustrations for Orlando Furioso to advertisements.
The film combines live-action with various forms of animation and is highly stylized, often evoking the engravings of Gustave Doré.
Gustave Flaubert | Gustave Eiffel | Gustave Doré | Gustave Courbet | Gustave Kerker | Ellen Doré Watson | Gustave De Smet | Dore | Gustave Caillebotte | Ronald P. Dore | Quai Gustave-Ador | John Dore | Jean Doré | James Gustave Speth | Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière | Henri-Gustave Delvigne | Gustave Reese | Gustave J. Stoeckel | Gustave Choquet | Edmond Gustave Camus | Dore Schary | Valerie Dore | Tom Dore | ''The Deluge'' by Gustave Doré | River Dore | Philippe Gustave le Doulcet, Comte de Pontécoulant | Louis Gustave Mouchel | John Dore (Basketball) | John Dore (basketball) | Joel Gustave Nana Ngongang |
The trade paperback edition has over 80 illustrations, many by notable artists Gustave Doré, Lord Frederick Leighton, Léon François Commerre, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Arthur Hughes, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Ingres, Diego Velázquez, William Bouguereau, Botticelli, John William Waterhouse, and others of the 16th-18th centuries.
A few of Ernst's sources were identified: these include illustrations from an 1883 novel by Jules Mary, Les damnées de Paris, and possibly a volume of works by Gustave Doré Ernst purchased in Milan.