Art, Symbol & Imagination
Jesus Walking on the Water
A robed figure stands upon the surface of the water before a small boat, while waves spread between the solitary body and its watching occupants. Doré stretches the meeting across a broad horizontal field of water. The distance between the vessel and the standing figure gives the encounter its visual tension. The printed caption identifies Jesus walking on the water. The scene makes the story’s extraordinary approach legible through a familiar boat, low waves and the upright posture that interrupts the expected relation of a body to the sea.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Jesus Walking on the Water" [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 285. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-284
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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 Walking on the Water. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 285. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-284