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Ark of Noah (Milton's Paradise Lost, 1866) - Gustave Doré
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1866
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YK-58
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Description
Began to build a vessel of huge bulk. (Book XI, 729)
Before driving Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, Michael opens a vision of the future to Adam.
He shows him what his descendants will experience and reveals how Noah will build his ark before the Flood.
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- Signed lower left: "G Doré".
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Notice #025701
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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France