Art, Symbol & Imagination
Adam and Eve after the Transgression
The two figures are separated by posture: one stands with arms raised towards his head, while the other leans back beside the roots. The great trunks and deep shade make their distress appear small within the garden that once sheltered them. The caption describes tears accompanied by worse inward winds. Doré gives that turmoil a bodily expression without adding a visible external assailant. The plate marks the altered relation between the couple after the transgression, when the landscape remains recognisable but ease and mutual confidence have been disturbed.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Adam and Eve after the Transgression" [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 274. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/milton-dore-273
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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). Adam and Eve after the Transgression. Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Scan leaf 274. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/milton-dore-273