Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Rebel Angels Take Flight
Overlapping wings and small bodies fill the air, so that the individual figures become the texture of a vast ascent. The caption describes the bad angels moving on the wing. Doré makes their number as important as their direction: the eye searches through a crowded atmosphere rather than resting on one hero. Set beside the opening scenes of punishment, the plate shows the scale of the rebel company and the renewed movement of a host that has been cast down but has not abandoned its collective purpose.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Rebel Angels Take Flight" [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 26. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/milton-dore-25
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Full source plate, printed verse caption and surrounding poem reviewed. Editorial title; original scan tonality retained. Over-dark plates excluded.
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Gustave Doré (design). The Rebel Angels Take Flight. Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Scan leaf 26. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/milton-dore-25