Art, Symbol & Imagination
Jesus Healing the Sick
A robed figure bends towards a person resting upon a low bed, surrounded by people whose faces and hands direct attention to the encounter. Doré keeps the room crowded while leaving enough space for the central act to be clearly seen. A doorway and strong stone surfaces place the gathering in an inhabited setting. The printed caption identifies Jesus healing the sick. The design gives the healing narratives a social presence through attendants, witnesses and varied bodily positions, with the reclining person remaining the point towards which the scene converges.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Jesus Healing the Sick" [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 257. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-256
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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). Jesus Healing the Sick. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 257. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-256