Ahasuerus (the Wandering Jew) man sits in hell among the shades, decrepit and tormented by Satan. Wood engraving by F.J. Gauchard after G. Doré, 1856.

  • Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883.
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1856
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25151i
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An episode in the play Le Juif errant by Merville (pseudonym of Pierre-François Camus (1785-1853)) and Julien de Mallian (1805-1851), first produced in 1834. An angel blows a trumpet upon the head of Ahasuerus. Trumpeting angels appear in the light breaking through in the top-right. In the foreground dismembered skeletons lie with humans who are being stretched by demons. Eight geese stand in the shadows looking at the man. In the distance figures with no discernible features wearing hooded cloaks stand among men in uniforms. Behind them walk a giraffe and an elephant

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[Paris] : [publisher not identified] (Imprimé par J. Best)

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 40.1 x 30.5 cm

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Le dernier jugement - finira ton tourment. Composé et dessiné par G. Doré. Imprimé par J. Best. Gravé par J. Gauchard Bears number: XII

References note

Jean Adhémar and Jacques Lethève, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome huitième, Paris 1954, p. 428 ("Gauchard … fut un des meilleurs graveurs de Gustave Doré (Londres, L'Enfer, le Juif errant …")

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Wellcome Collection 25151i

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