Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Fiery Furnace
Several pale figures stand together in a deep glowing opening while a ruler and attendants look down from above. Fire curls around the lower doorway, but the upright company remains composed within it. Doré separates the spectators’ high platform from the illuminated interior, allowing the event to be seen as a difficult object of recognition. The caption identifies the fiery furnace. The design depicts preservation within the biblical story, with the bright figures carrying a calm that contrasts with the surrounding flames and court.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Fiery Furnace" [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 209. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-208
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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 Fiery Furnace. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 209. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-208