Gustave Doré1866
The Destruction of Leviathan
The prophet foretells the day when the Lord with his fierce sword will punish Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and slay the dragon of the sea (Isaiah 27). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

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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.
