Art, Symbol & Imagination
Night Begins Her Course
A solitary winged silhouette stands between steep dark banks as a pale opening appears beyond the valley. Broad wings span the gap above scattered bodies and weapons. The Book VI caption announces the beginning of night. Doré makes that transition a pause in the battle rather than an empty interval between events. The foreground remains strewn with the consequences of combat, while the immense silhouetted wings hold a position at the threshold of the darkening landscape. Light in the distance keeps the ravine's depth visible without dispersing its enclosing atmosphere.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Night Begins Her Course" [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 179. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/milton-dore-178
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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). Night Begins Her Course. Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Scan leaf 179. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/milton-dore-178