Art, Symbol & Imagination
A prayer for those led astray
A dark kneeling traveller looks toward winged figures in the clouds beside a standing woman. The caption asks the host of heaven for grace for people on earth who have followed harmful examples. In the canto the appeal comes after the just spirits' formation of the eagle and leads into criticism of religious avarice. Doré changes that address into a devotional posture before a heavenly company. The note retains the connection to justice and earthly example rather than reducing the scene to an unlocated angel picture or presenting its prayer as a promised practical outcome.
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Gustave Doré (design). "A prayer for those led astray" [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 288. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/dante-dore-287
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Full plate and printed caption individually viewed. Matching canto passage read; misplaced bindings identified by caption, not physical adjacency. Original tone and printing wear retained.
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Gustave Doré (design). A prayer for those led astray. Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante. Scan leaf 288. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/dante-dore-287