Gustave Doré1866

Achan Is Stoned to Death

After his hidden plunder from Jericho is uncovered, Achan is brought to the Valley of Achor where Israel stones him for breaking faith (Joshua 7). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Achan Is Stoned to Death by Gustave Doré depicting Joshua 7:22
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

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About Gustave Doré

1832-1883 · French

Paul Gustave Doré was a prolific French illustrator whose 241 wood engravings for "La Grande Bible de Tours" (1866) became the most influential visual interpretation of scripture of the 19th century.