Art, Symbol & Imagination
Elijah and the Messengers of Ahaziah
A bright bolt drops from dark cloud into a crowded company of armed men beneath a standing figure. Doré makes the descending light the scene’s main direction. Bodies and horses recoil across the lower field while the raised messenger above remains separated from them. The caption identifies the conflict involving Elijah and Ahaziah’s messengers. The plate belongs to the biblical narrative’s account of heavenly judgement; its visual force comes from the contrast between the narrow flash and the many figures scattered by it.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Elijah and the Messengers of Ahaziah" [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 169. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-168
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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). Elijah and the Messengers of Ahaziah. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 169. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-168