Art, Symbol & Imagination
Marco Lombardo guides by hearing
Three figures move through a dark rocky passage filled with curling smoke. One extends an arm, while the two travellers remain close behind. The printed lines promise companionship through hearing when the cloud prevents sight. Doré makes that dependence visible through proximity and gesture. The distant opening gives the group a direction, but the mass of smoke keeps the route uncertain and the encounter grounded in the voices of those walking together.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Marco Lombardo guides by hearing" [editorial title]. In Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante, Dante Alighieri; translated by Henry Francis Cary; illustrated by Gustave Doré. New edition, 1901, 1901, Thompson & Thomas. Source scan leaf 107. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/dante-dore-106
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Source plate inspected individually; printed canto and lines checked independently of binding position. Editorial title; original scan tone retained.
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Gustave Doré (design). Marco Lombardo guides by hearing. Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante. Scan leaf 107. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/dante-dore-106