Art, Symbol & Imagination
Elijah’s Ascent in a Chariot of Fire
A robed figure rises through a bright bank of cloud while another leans back below with one arm raised. The chariot and horses emerge from the upper light, giving the ascent both bodily movement and a vehicle. Doré separates the two human figures by height and illumination, so that departure is seen from the ground as well as from above. The caption identifies Elijah’s ascent. The image makes a visionary transition tangible through the waiting companion’s gesture and the lifted figure’s distance.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Elijah’s Ascent in a Chariot of Fire" [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 173. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-172
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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’s Ascent in a Chariot of Fire. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 173. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-172