in 1853, doré was asked to illustrate the works of lord byron. british publishers asked him to do more work, including a new illustrated english bible. ten years later, he illustrated a french edition of cervantes's "don quixote". his images of the knight and sancho panza have influenced later readers, artists, and stage and film directors' ideas of how the two characters looked. doré also illustrated an edition of edgar allan poe's "the raven" with larger than usual pages. he was paid 30,000 francs by the publisher harper &amp; brothers in 1883.