Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Prophet Amos
A hooded figure stands alone against a pale, open horizon with a long staff held beside the body. The robe’s dark folds give the portrait a strong vertical outline, while the sky leaves the figure unusually exposed. Doré keeps the surrounding ground sparse, allowing the staff and bent head to carry the image. The caption identifies Amos. This quieter plate places prophetic identity in a single human posture, adding a pause to the volume’s larger scenes of court, conflict and supernatural intervention.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Prophet Amos" [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 221. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-220
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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 Prophet Amos. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 221. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-220