Art, Symbol & Imagination
Jesus and the Woman of Samaria
A seated robed figure speaks with a woman carrying a vessel beside a stone well, while palms and a distant town rise behind the meeting. Doré keeps the two principal people near the edge of the well, making water and conversation belong to the same everyday setting. The woman’s standing posture answers the open gesture of the seated speaker. The printed caption identifies Jesus and the woman of Samaria. The design presents the encounter through a small number of bodies and familiar material objects, giving the narrative’s exchange a clear place within travel and the work of drawing water.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Jesus and the Woman of Samaria" [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 325. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-324
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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 and the Woman of Samaria. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 325. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-324