Tissot Gospel Illustrations

Gospel Illustrations by James Tissot
compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.

Part IIB: Supplementary Illustrations
See also Part I: Full-Page Illustrations and Part IIA: Gospel Illustrations and Part IIC: Apostles, Disciples, and Evangelists

Tissot, James Jacques Joseph (1836-1902). The Life of Our Saviour Jesus Christ: Three Hundred and Sixty-five Compositions from the Four Gospels, with Notes and Explanatory Drawings by J. James Tissot; Notes Translated by Mrs. Arthur Bell (N. d'Anvers).

EDITION A: 4 vols. New York: The McClure-Tissot Company, 1899.

Vol. 1: paginated 1-120, with 8 unnumbered pages of notes and indices
Vol. 2: paginated 121-261, with 8 unnumbered pages of notes and indices
Vol. 3: paginated 1-136, with 7 unnumbered pages of notes and indices
Vol. 4: paginated 137-272, with 9 unnumbered pages of notes and indices
Indices: Full-Page Illustrations; Illustrations in the Text; Supplementary Illustrations: Facsimile Wood Engravings After Drawings

Supplementary Illustrations

Maps and Plans:


Plan of the House at Nazareth 1.007	Plan of the Grotto of the Nativity at Bethlehem 1.018	Plan of Jerusalem 4.147

Plan of the Via Dolorosa 4.155	Plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre 4.166	Plan of the site of Calvary for comparison with the Plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre 4.167

Architecture and Art:


Ornament in Gilded Metal from the Es-Sakhra Mosque 1.079b	Ornament in gilded metal from the Es-Sakhra Mosque, called the Mosque of Omar 3.075b	Ornament in gilded metal from the Es-Sakhra Mosque, called that of Omar 3.090b	Ornament in gilded metal from the Es-Sakhra Mosque 4.251b

Lamps in the Mosque of El-Aksa 1.xiii	Bas-Relief from the El-Aksa Mosque 1.045	Jewish Ornament 1.047	Ossuary 1.054

The Pediment of one of the tombs of the Prophets 2.152b	Pottery from Judæa 2.163	Greek Inscription from the Court of the Gentiles 2.231b	Antique frieze at Jefna on the road from Naplusium to Jerusalem 3.058b

Antique cornice let into the wall of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem 3.067	Ornament from the Valley of Hinnom 3.079b	Frieze from a Tomb of the Valley of Hinnom 3.131b	Antique Fragment found near the site of the Temple 4.140b

Corinthian Capital 1.000e	Phoenician Capital 1.075b	Unidentified Capital 3.137	Capital from the El-Aksa Mosque 3.006

Capital from the El-Aksa Mosque 3.014b	Capital from the El-Aksa Mosque 3.068	Capital from the El-Aksa Mosque 3.076	A Capital from the El-Aksa Mosque 4.201

Images Missing from the above table:

1.097a – Two Columns, Jerusalem
1.108b – Judaic Ornament
2.128b – Ornament from the Valley of Hinnom
3.062 – Pillar of a balustrade found in excavations at Jerusalem
4.212 – A Capital from the El-Aksa Mosque

Landscapes and Buildings:


Fountain of the Virgin at Ain-Karim 1.003	View of Nazareth 1.015	The Citadel of Cairo: View Taken from Mount Mokatam 1.035	Mount Mokatam: View Taken from the Citadel of Cairo 1.038

Cloisters of the Mehemet Ali Mosque 1.040b	Haram: Mosque of Es-Sakhra, Called the Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem 1.042	Mountains Near Jericho 1.059	The Lake of Gennesaret, Near the Site of Bethsaida 1.071
	[missing]
In Old Cairo 1.075a	In Old Cairo 1.078	In the Island of Rhoda, Old Cairo 1.083a	A Synagogue in Jerusalem 1.091

A Corner in the Valley of Hinnom 1.106	Garden of Dancing Dervishes at Cairo 1.110	Garden of Dancing Dervishes at Cairo 1.111	A Street in Jerusalem 1.118

Jewish Bible at Jerusalem 2.126	Valley of Hinnom 2.127	Synagogue of the Mugarabees 2.131	Bir-Ayoub or Job’s Well 2.134

The Sea of Tiberias 2.135	Entrance to the Tombs of the Kings 2.155	A Street in Jaffa 2.158	Olive trees in the Valley of Hinnom 2.159

Vineyards with their Watch-towers 2.178	The Lake of Gennesaret, near Medgel, the ancient Magdala 2.182	Village at the foot of Mount Tabor 2.191	A well near the Bridge of Kedron 2.195

Valley of the Kedron 2.198	Garden of the Citadel, Cairo 2.215	Aceldama, Valley of Hinnom 2.219	Jerusalem, seen from the Mount of Olives 2.223

South-eastern corner of Jerusalem, taken from the road to Bethany 2.227	Ancient Tombs, Valley of Hinnom 2.230	Steps leading to the Tombs of the Kings 2.250	The Valley of the Kedron near Mar-Saba 2.258

Path on the Mount of Olives 3.011	Out-buildings of the Armenian Convent at Jerusalem 3.014a	A Fig-tree in the Valley of Hinnom 3.019	Path from Gethsemane to the Mount of the Ascension 3.026

Site of the Court of the Gentiles: Haram. Mount Zion in the distance 3.030	Esplanade of the Haram 3.034	Half-way up the Mount of Olives 3.038	Steps in the Haram 3.047

A corner of the Haram, on the supposed site of the Temple 3.050	Transept of the El-Aksa Mosque 3.054	Yalley of Jehoshaphat, looking towards Shiloh 3.066	Walls of Jerusalem on the northern side 3.070

South-west angle of the Haram on the site of the Temple, taken from the Gate of the Mugarabees 3.071	The Tomb of Absalorn in the Valley of Jehoshaphat 3.074	Jerusalem as seen from the Hill of Evil Counsel 3.078	The Bridge of Kedron, coming from Gethsemane 3.091

The Valley of Jehoshaphat 3.098	Jerusalem from the south, with Sion and the Mosques of El-Aksa and of Omar on the left 3.107b	The Bridge of Kedron and the Tomb of Absalom 3.110	The Valley of Jehoshaphat, coming from Bethany 3.115

The Valley of Hinnom (Aceldama) 3.123a	Valley of Hinnom with its ancient tombs where the Apostles hid themselves 3.126	The greater part of the supposed site of the-Temple 3.127	A corner of the Haram 3.130a

Jerusalem and Shiloh 3.134a	Site of the Antonia Tower 3.135	The Via Dolorosa 4.154b	The Via Dolorosa 4.159

Part of the Ancient Arch known as that of Ecce Homo 4.170a	The round Stone seen from within 4.230	A Tomb in the Valley of Hinnom 4.231	An ancient Well 4.234

The round Stone seen from without 4.235	Tombs in the Valley of Hinnom 4.243	A corner of Shiloh 4.247	Tombs in the Valley of Hinnom 4.250

Bir-Ayoub or Job’s Well 4.251a	Sanûr 4.255a	Shiloh 4.262a	The Lake of Tiberias 4.263

Portraits of People:


A Jewish Armenian 1.019	An Armenian 1.079a	Woman of Jerusalem 1.086	Woman of Geba, Samaria 2.138

A Jew of Jerusalem 2.139	Women of Cairo 2.147	A Jew of Jerusalem 2.151	Jews of Jerusalem 2.166

A Jew of Jerusalem 2.174	A Jew 2.183		A Woman of Cairo 2.186

An Armenian 2.203a	Woman and Child of Jericho 2.203b	Women of Geba, Samaria 2.206	Women of Geba, Samaria 3.023

An Armenian 2.254	A Jew of Jerusalem 2.255	A Jew of Jerusalem 3.028	An Armenian 3.035

A Jew 3.043	An Armenian 3.051	A Jew of Jerusalem 3.082	A Jew of Jerusalem 3.134b

A Jew of Jerusalem 4.137	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.138a	An Armenian 4.140a	An Armenian 4.170b

A Jew of Jerusalem 4.174a	An Armenian 4.174b	An Armenian 4.175	A Yemenite of Jerusalem 4.178a

An Armenian 4.178b	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.179a	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.182a	An Armenian 4.182b

A Jew of Jerusalem 4.183	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.186	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.190a	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.190b

A Jew of Jerusalem 4.191	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.194	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.198	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.199

An Armenian 4.202b	An Armenian 4.204b	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.210	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.226a

A Jew of Jerusalem 4.254	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.255b	A Jew of Jerusalem 4.267	Jews 1.043

Disclaimer: Many of the captions of the above pictures, as printed in the 1899 and 1903 editions, include the word "typical," which seems to reflect the mentality of the late 19th century.
These images are included here not to perpetuate racial or ethnic stereotypes, but to illustrate the clothing and hairstyles that were evidently typical of people living in Palestine in that era.

Extra Designs:


3.018b	3.055b	3.086b

4.138b	4.142b	4.226b

NOTES:

Copyright: Since all of Tissot's works are over 100 years old, all of these images are copyright-free. Enjoy!
Pages: The above table uses "a" and "b" whenever two different illustrations are on the same page.
Downloads: Click on the underlined volume.page numbers for scanned images, if available. Warning: Some files are Very Large! You can also download the above thumbnails.
Disclaimer 1: At high magnification, some dust from the scanner plate is visible on some images. So they may not be optimal for high-quality printing, but are probably good enough for most uses on the internet (esp. since they are provided here for free!).
Disclaimer 2: Many of the above images need to be cropped more closely, to remove surrounding text. We'll do that some day, time permitting!
See also Part I: Full-Page Illustrations; or Part IIA: Gospel Illustrations; or Part IIB: Supplementary Illustrations; or Part IIC: Apostles, Disciples, and Evangelists

Related Webpages:

James Tissot: The Complete Works – from www.JamesTissot.org
James Tissot: The Life of Christ – a 2009 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art
Biblical art by James Tissot – from the "Art and the Bible" website
James Tissot – article from Wikipedia

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