Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Angel at the Sepulchre
A bright winged figure sits upon a great stone outside a shadowed tomb as several approaching women look towards the entrance. Doré makes the foreground attendant luminous against the rock and enclosing darkness. The visitors appear further back, leaving the space between them and the figure open enough for the meeting to be seen clearly. The printed caption identifies the angel at the sepulcher. The design presents the narrated announcement through a contrast of light and shadow at the tomb’s threshold, with the approaching company becoming witnesses to the changed situation.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Angel at the Sepulchre" [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 377. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-376
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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). The Angel at the Sepulchre. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 377. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-376