Prints

Illustrations of the Book of Job invented & engraved by William Blake [2 of 22 engravings]

Type: Prints(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1825
Accession number: 72.62.53.1
Maker: William Blake(Opens in new tab) (British, 1757–1827)
Dimensions: sheet: 17 x 13 3/16 in. (43.2 x 33.5 cm.)
Medium: engravings on laid India paper
Description: Twenty-two plates designed and engraved by Blake, loose in portfolio. First (published "Proof") issue on laid India paper.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Edward W. and Julia B. Bodman Collection
Department: European Art
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Label text

Job and his family passively follow the letter, but not the spirit, of God's laws. The musical instruments of active celebration remain in the oak tree above the heads of Job and his wife. Their subdued postures contrast directly with their activities in the final plate.

Illustrations of the Book of Job invented & engraved by William Blake [2 of 22 engravings]

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