Gustave Doré1866
Foreign Nations Are Slain by Lions in Samaria
When foreign peoples are settled in the towns of Samaria and do not fear the Lord, he sends lions among them that kill some of the new inhabitants (2 Kings 17). 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.