Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Hidden Passage out of the Depths
Two robed travellers pass between dark rock walls toward an opening with a lighter sky beyond. After crossing the centre, the guide explains the change of orientation and leads Dante through a hidden route beside a small stream. Doré frames the travellers within steep walls, making the brighter opening a destination still separated from them by rough ground. The caption identifies the passage of return. The engraving condenses the concluding movement of the canto rather than mapping an actual subterranean route. Pencil notes below the plate are excluded from the Gallery derivative without altering the reader’s source page.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Hidden Passage out of the Depths" [editorial title]. In Dante's Inferno, Dante Alighieri. New Edition, undated supplied scan, undated edition, Thompson & Thomas. Source scan leaf 236. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/inferno-dore-229
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Full original plate and caption individually inspected; neighbouring canto read. Editorial title. Source tone and intrinsic damage retained; rotation applies only to Gallery derivatives.
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Gustave Doré (design). The Hidden Passage out of the Depths. Dante's Inferno. Scan leaf 236. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/inferno-dore-229