Art, Symbol & Imagination
Jesus Healing a Man Unable to Speak
A kneeling man extends his arms towards a standing robed figure, while an attendant holds him and a circle of onlookers remains nearby. Doré gives the encounter room within an open landscape rather than enclosing it in a chamber. The repeated upright figures make the kneeling posture distinct, and the extended hand provides a visual connection between the principal bodies. The printed caption identifies the dumb man possessed, using the volume’s historical wording for Matthew’s account. The design presents that narrated encounter through visible gestures and the presence of witnesses.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Jesus Healing a Man Unable to Speak" [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 273. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-272
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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). Jesus Healing a Man Unable to Speak. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 273. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-272