Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Widow’s Mite
A veiled woman bends towards a collection vessel beside a great column while a robed figure and companions observe from the steps behind. Doré separates the close, modest gesture from the elevated spectators without placing either beyond the same architectural space. The heavy masonry makes the small act unusually visible. The printed caption identifies the widow’s mite. The illustration locates the story’s contrast of gift and apparent importance in posture and position: one person’s quiet contribution is foregrounded while the larger company remains part of the setting in which it is seen.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Widow’s Mite" [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 297. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-296
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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 Widow’s Mite. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 297. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-296