Gustave Doré’s Engravings of the Great Flood

Another book we had around the house when I was a kid was the Gustave Doré Bible, which included these terrifying images of the Great Flood.

The flood

Flood scene

Flood aftermath

Click the picture and zoom in for a closer look.

The entire colleciton of illustrations is available online at the environnement ecoles webpage.

More illustration

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~ by lolarusa on September 5, 2007.

2 Responses to “Gustave Doré’s Engravings of the Great Flood”

  1. Truly amazing drawings, but how ever did we survive them as children? ! I remember Blake too and Bosch and a host of others that that both fascinated and horrified. Yikes.

  2. I also grew up with these images. Perhaps being taught that wickedness had consequences was a good thing.

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