Art, Symbol & Imagination
Saul’s Conversion on the Damascus Road
Saul sits on the ground beside a great rock with one arm raised to shield his face from descending rays. His companions fall back or cover their heads, with spears and shields scattered through the close group. The caption identifies Saul’s conversion. Doré makes light itself the interruption, crossing the rocky setting and changing the postures of every body within its reach.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Saul’s Conversion on the Damascus Road" [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 393. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-392
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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). Saul’s Conversion on the Damascus Road. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 393. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-392