Title
Tobias and the Angel, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866
Caption
Tobias and the Angel, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Doré (1832–1883), published a series of 241 wood engravings for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the Vulgate Bible, popularly known as the Bible de Tours. This new edition was known as La Grande Bible de Tours and its illustrations were immensely successful. Tobias, son of Tobit, meets an angel without realising he is an angel (Book of Tobit, 5.5-6) and is then instructed by the angel what to do with a giant fish he catches
Date
1866
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP23A19_170
License type
Rights managed
Available size
60,0Mb (4,7Mb) / 13,2in x 17,7in / 3949 x 5311 (300dpi)