Art, Symbol & Imagination
Mary Magdalene at Prayer
A solitary kneeling woman rests against a great rock face above a distant landscape, her long hair and pale garment distinct against the stone. Doré keeps the scene sparse, with the outcrop occupying more space than the human body. The folded posture and lowered head give the figure a close, concentrated presence despite the open horizon beyond. The printed caption identifies Mary Magdalene. The volume’s image belongs to a devotional artistic presentation of the named figure, using solitude and the rough landscape to create a pause among the surrounding public narrative scenes.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Mary Magdalene at Prayer" [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 337. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-336
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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). Mary Magdalene at Prayer. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 337. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-336