Gustave Doré; Black and White Engraving; The Dove Sent Forth from the Ark to find dry land

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The enormous bulk of the Ark rests heavily on the summit of Mount Ararat and from behind its huge dimensions the rays of the rising sun stream forth as if to herald the commencement of a new dawn for the world. Below all its darkness the devastated land is strewn with the heaped bodies of the drowned people and animals, while over the centre of the gloom flies a white dove which has been sent forth from the Ark

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Size: 3567px × 4392px
Photo credit: © Timewatch Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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