Dore’s illustration of ‘Saul and the Witch of Endor’ first appeared in Le Sainte Bible Traduction nouvelle selon la Vulgate par Mm. J.-J. Bourasse et P. Janvier (Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, 1866). These illustrations were reprinted as a part of The Holy Bible which was issued in parts in London between 1866 and 1870; thereafter the illustrations appeared in many forms (The Bible Gallery, The Bible in Pictures, The Bible Illustrated, Pictures of the Bible etc).
In the late nineteenth century many of Dore’s illustrations were used in Magic Lantern shows. The following hand-coloured slide is from one such show.