Dorchester
a municipal borough, the county town of Dorsetshire, England.
In March, 1645, Cromwell held the town as his headquarters with 4,000 men, and in 1685 Judge Jeffreys held his "bloody assize" here, when 292 received sentence of death as being implicated in Monmouth's rebellion. Pop. about 10,000.
DORDOGNE (dor-dōn'), a department of France which includes the greater part of the ancient province of Périgord, and nal pour Rire." He distinguished himself greatly as an illustrator of books. His illustrations of "Rabelais," of Perrault's "Tales," Sue's "Wandering Jew," Dante's "Divina Commedia," and Cervantes's "Don Quixote," displayed a great fertility of invention. His illustrations of the Bible, of Ariosto's "Orlando, Furioso," and Milton's "Paradise Lost," are also of high excellence. As a painter he had grandeur of conception and a bold expressive style. Among his chief works are "Christ leaving the Prætorium," "Paolo and Francesca di Rimini," "The Flight into Egypt," etc. In later years Doré also won fame as a sculptor. He died Jan. 23, 1883.