Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Expulsion of Hagar
A woman with a vessel raised near her head stands with a child before two figures outside a tent. The gestures divide the group into those who remain and those about to depart. Doré leaves a broad pale sky behind the travellers, making the open country feel more exposed than welcoming. The caption identifies Hagar’s expulsion from Abraham’s household. The small arrangement of hands and bodies carries a domestic rupture whose consequences extend beyond the space the picture can show.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Expulsion of Hagar" [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 45. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-44
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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 Expulsion of Hagar. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 45. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-44