Art, Symbol & Imagination
Angels Search the Garden
Two armed winged figures fly across an opening between wooded banks, their spread wings cutting diagonally through the sky. Spears and extended limbs point along their route. The Book IV caption names the search towards the bower. Doré gives the mission a swift horizontal movement that contrasts with the still banks and water below. The dark foliage creates a passage through which the pair must travel, while the pale sky keeps the overlapping wings readable. The image makes purposeful search appear as a shared direction through a landscape capable of concealing its occupants.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Angels Search the Garden" [editorial title]. In Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré, John Milton; illustrated by Gustave Doré; edited by Henry C. Walsh. Undated John W. Lovell Company edition; exact publication year unverified, undated edition, John W. Lovell Company. Source scan leaf 124. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/milton-dore-123
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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). Angels Search the Garden. Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Scan leaf 124. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/milton-dore-123