Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Destruction of Sennacherib’s Host
An immense winged figure rises above fallen and recoiling soldiers beneath a storm-filled sky. The angel’s uplifted arm dominates the confusion of bodies, weapons and horses below. Doré makes the heavenly presence almost an extension of the bright break in the cloud, while the camp remains dark and crowded. The caption identifies the destruction of Sennacherib’s host. The design presents the biblical account through a vast difference of scale between the agency above and the company caught beneath it.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Destruction of Sennacherib’s Host" [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 189. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-188
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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 Destruction of Sennacherib’s Host. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 189. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-188