Art, Symbol & Imagination
Jephthah’s Daughter and Her Companions
Women gather on rocky ground around a reclining companion, with a broad landscape extending beyond them. One seated figure leans towards the central body while others stand apart. The caption names Jephthah's daughter and her companions, continuing the narrative with an intimate gathering rather than the earlier public welcome. Doré arranges grief through different postures and degrees of proximity. The distant horizon gives the foreground companionship a place within a much larger, indifferent country.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Jephthah’s Daughter and Her Companions" [editorial title]. In The Bible Gallery, Gustave Dore; Talbot W. Chambers. Undated Cassell & Company edition; one hundred illustrations with supplied descriptive letterpress, undated edition, Cassell & Company, Limited. Source scan leaf 105. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-104
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- Jephthah's Daughter and Her Companions
- Biblical illustration
- Gustave Doré (design)
- Historical book illustration
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Original source design and caption inspected; composition retained with scan margins trimmed. No reconstructed or recoloured details.
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Gustave Doré (design). Jephthah’s Daughter and Her Companions. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 105. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-104