Art, Symbol & Imagination
Jesus Blessing Children
Jesus sits on a low step with children gathered close around his knees as mothers and other adults approach with infants. Palms and the wall of a house frame the open courtyard. Doré brings the small bodies into the foreground, making their varied gestures clearly visible among the taller company. The caption identifies Jesus blessing children, presenting welcome through the intimacy of touch and shared space.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Jesus Blessing Children" [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 265. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-264
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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 Blessing Children. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 265. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-264