Gustave Doré1866
Saul and the Witch of Endor
On the eve of battle, a desperate Saul seeks out the medium at Endor, who calls up the spirit of Samuel to foretell the king's doom (1 Samuel 28). 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.