Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Raising of Jairus’s Daughter
A young reclining figure is lifted towards a standing visitor beside a curtained bed, while several companions watch from the adjoining room. Doré uses the bed’s drapery and the upright doorway to frame the act without losing the observers behind it. The hands joining the principal figures are placed near the centre of the composition. The printed caption identifies the raising of Jairus’ daughter. The design keeps the narrated restoration close to a household’s material surroundings, with the intimate arrangement of bodies carrying the event’s significance more than architectural grandeur.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Raising of Jairus’s Daughter" [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 301. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-300
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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 Raising of Jairus’s Daughter. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 301. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-300