Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Samaritan Arrives at the Inn
A wounded man is carried towards the steps of a building beside his animal, while people at the entrance turn towards the arriving company. Doré changes the setting from the exposed road to a place where further care can be arranged. The lowered head and extended limbs retain the injured man’s vulnerability as the helpers approach the doorway. The printed caption identifies the Samaritan’s arrival at the inn. The illustration continues the parable through an act of delivery, showing the roadside rescue becoming a shared responsibility within an inhabited place.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Samaritan Arrives at the Inn" [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 309. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-308
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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 Samaritan Arrives at the Inn. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 309. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-308