Book Title: The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, according to the authorised version. With illustrations by Gustave Doré

Author: Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883

Image Title: Tobias and the Big Fish

Scripture Reference:

• Tobit 6 (further images / scripture text)

Description: A fish jumps out of the Tigris and Tobias catches it. His companion Azarias, who is really the angel Raphael, instructs Tobias to save the heart, liver, and gall of the fish, and to cook the rest for dinner. The artist, Gustave Doré (1832-1883), has placed his signature at the lower left of the woodcut, and the engravers’ signatures, A. Ligny and Adolphe François Pannemaker (1822–1900), are located at the lower right.

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