Art, Symbol & Imagination
Satan Rises with the River
A small dark winged figure appears among rushing water and high rock walls. White cascades pour around a narrow central ledge while the gorge extends upward beyond the body. The Book IX caption follows Satan sinking with the river and rising with it. Doré places the intruder inside the landscape's own movement rather than upon a simple road into Eden. The torrent nearly absorbs the scale of the figure, yet the upright silhouette establishes a deliberate presence among the uncontrolled streams. Concealment, passage and emergence occupy the same rocky setting.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Satan Rises with the River" [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 237. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/milton-dore-236
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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). Satan Rises with the River. Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Scan leaf 237. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/milton-dore-236