Art, Symbol & Imagination
David Sparing Saul
A small group stands near a great dark rock above figures gathered at a distance across the valley. Doré lets the deep cleft and broad landscape carry much of the scene’s tension. The people nearest the viewer remain sheltered, while the distant company belongs to the open ground below. The caption identifies David’s sparing of Saul. The image presents restraint within a landscape of pursuit, using the separation of the groups to make an unseen possibility of violence part of the meeting.
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Gustave Doré (design). "David Sparing Saul" [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 137. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-136
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Complete plate reviewed against the scan; printed caption supplies subject. Crop excludes surrounding paper and separate caption without changing scan tone. Letterpress theology is not adopted as historical proof.
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Gustave Doré (design). David Sparing Saul. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 137. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-136