Art, Symbol & Imagination
Moses in the Bulrushes
A richly dressed woman stands beside attendants who kneel around a small basket holding an infant. Reeds, water and distant buildings establish a riverbank setting. The infant's small horizontal form is surrounded by the adults' taller gestures and elaborate headgear. The caption identifies Moses in the bulrushes. Doré makes the finding of the child a social encounter, connecting the intimate act of looking into a basket with the courtly company gathered around it. The pale water opens the background while the reeds hold the group close to the bank.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Moses in the Bulrushes" [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 85. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-84
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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). Moses in the Bulrushes. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 85. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-84