Two Gothic Masterpieces: Dracula and Frankenstein
A display of the artwork for Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, by the renowned book illustrator Angela Barrett, in association with Art Of The Book.
Angela Barrett
Dracula - Front Cover
Black ink on Fabriano Artistico handmade watercolour paper.
Size of image: 12 x 11 cm. Size of sheet: 20 x 17 cm.
Angela Barrett
Dracula - Special Edition Front Cover
Black ink on Fabriano Artistico handmade watercolour paper.
Size of image: 25 x 16 cm. Size of sheet: 40 x 30 cm.
Angela Barrett
I saw the whole man slowly emerge from the window and begin to crawl down the castle wall over that dreadful abyss, face down
Black ink, watercolour and gouache on Fabriano Artistico handmade watercolour paper.
Size of image: 17 x 9 cm. Size of sheet: 23 x 15 cm.
Angela Barrett
"Begin to crawl down the castle wall" - Preliminary drawing
Pencil graphite on layout paper.
Size of image: 20 x 12 cm. Size of sheet: 30 x 21 cm.
Angela Barrett
He placed his reeking lips upon my throat
Black ink on Fabriano Artistico handmade watercolour paper.
Size of image: 8 x 6 cm. Size of sheet: 19 x 14 cm.
Angela Barrett
His face was a strong - a very strong - aquiline, with high bridge of the thin nose and peculiarly arched nostrils; with lofty domed forehead, and hair growing scantily round the temples.
Black ink, watercolour and gouache on Fabriano Artistico handmade watercolour paper.
Size of image: 17 x 9 cm. Size of sheet: 23 x 15 cm.
Angela Barrett
"His face was a strong.." - Preliminary drawing
Pencil graphite on layout paper.
Size of image: 20 x 12 cm. Size of sheet: 30 x 21 cm.
Angela Barrett
A fair girl advanced and bent over me till I could feel the movement of her breath upon me
Black ink, watercolour and gouache on Fabriano Artistico handmade watercolour paper.
Size of image: 17 x 9 cm. Size of sheet: 23 x 15 cm.