Art, Symbol & Imagination
Jacob Tending Laban’s Flocks
A standing shepherd carries a vessel above his shoulder beside a low stone structure. A flock gathers behind him in an expansive landscape beneath a pale sky. The caption identifies Jacob's service among Laban's animals. Doré gives the shepherd a strong vertical outline against the horizontal lines of grazing land and sky. The distant flock turns the solitary foreground figure into part of a working landscape, while the raised vessel adds a practical burden to the posture. The image presents pastoral labour rather than a miraculous interruption.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Jacob Tending Laban’s Flocks" [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 69. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-68
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- Jacob Tending the Flocks of Laban
- Biblical illustration
- Gustave Doré (design)
- Historical book illustration
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). Jacob Tending Laban’s Flocks. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 69. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-68