Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Seventh Evening in Eden
A wooded rock formation rises above a stream beneath a low evening light. Dense branches, stone and water occupy the picture without a prominent central human figure. The caption places the seventh evening upon the earth in Book VII. Doré gives completion a landscape of settled relationships rather than a final spectacular act. The narrow watercourse and the distant light carry the eye through the thick foreground, allowing enclosure and openness to coexist. The scene's quieter scale makes rest legible as a condition of the world itself.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Seventh Evening in Eden" [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 219. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/milton-dore-218
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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). The Seventh Evening in Eden. Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Scan leaf 219. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/milton-dore-218