Gustave Doré1866

The Egyptians Ask Moses to Depart

In the night after the firstborn are struck down, Pharaoh and the Egyptians urge Moses and the people to leave the land at once (Exodus 12). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

The Egyptians Ask Moses to Depart by Gustave Doré depicting Exodus 12:31
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.