Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Death of Jezebel
A woman falls from a high opening while riders, raised weapons and animals gather beneath the wall. Doré sets the drop against the building’s severe vertical surface, making the small airborne body the link between upper and lower groups. The caption identifies Jezebel’s death. Its spatial arrangement lets the viewer see the distance and the gathered witnesses that make the fall irreversible.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Death of Jezebel" [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 177. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-176
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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). The Death of Jezebel. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 177. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-176