Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Death of Saul
Saul lies on the ground beside a pale, rearing horse, one hand gripping the upright hilt of a sword at his body. Other fallen figures occupy the foreground as armed riders advance across the slope behind. The caption names the death of Saul. Doré places the individual catastrophe low within a larger battle, with the horse’s lifted head drawing attention back towards the fallen king.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Death of 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 141. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-140
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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). The Death of Saul. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 141. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-140