Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Trial of Abraham’s Faith
Isaac carries a great bundle of firewood above his shoulder as Abraham walks beside him with a staff. A palm tree and low hills frame the rocky route beneath a broad pale sky. The source captions the scene The Trial of the Faith of Abraham. Doré depicts the journey before the sacrifice, concentrating on the contrast between the child’s visible burden and the elder’s dark, enclosed posture.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Trial of Abraham’s Faith" [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 53. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-52
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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). The Trial of Abraham’s Faith. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 53. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-52