Art, Symbol & Imagination
David Mourning for Absalom
David stands at a palace doorway with one hand raised against his head while seated and kneeling figures gather below him. The patterned wall and broad steps give the royal setting an imposing solidity. The caption identifies his mourning for Absalom. Doré places the bent, inward gesture above a close company of attendants, making the king’s personal grief visible within a public space.
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Gustave Doré (design). "David Mourning for Absalom" [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 149. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-148
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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 Mourning for Absalom. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 149. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-148