Gustave Doré1866
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple
At Solomon's request, laborers fell the great cedars of Lebanon and float them down to be used in building the temple in Jerusalem (1 Kings 5). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).
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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.