Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Star in the East
Three travellers ride camels above a distant line of companions, beneath a sky whose small bright star commands their attention. Doré raises the principal riders above the rocky foreground, making their upward gaze more prominent than their destination. The printed caption identifies the star in the East and links the journey to Matthew’s account of the visitors seeking the infant Jesus. The image holds travel and looking together: a visible point in the sky gives direction to a company still moving through an unfamiliar landscape.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Star in the East" [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 241. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-240
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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 Star in the East. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 241. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-240