Art, Symbol & Imagination
Isaac Blessing Jacob
An aged man reclines beneath hanging cloth and reaches towards a kneeling visitor. Another figure watches from the opening of the richly furnished interior. Doré uses the bed, curtain and doorway to divide intimacy from observation. The caption identifies the blessing of Jacob by Isaac; the scene's uncertainty is expressed through the watching figure and the careful arrangement of hands. The bright opening beyond the bed makes the interior feel enclosed without turning it into darkness, keeping the bodily exchange at the centre of attention.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Isaac Blessing Jacob" [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 65. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-64
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Original source design and caption inspected; composition retained with scan margins trimmed. No reconstructed or recoloured details.
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Gustave Doré (design). Isaac Blessing Jacob. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 65. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-64