Prints

Illustrations of the Book of Job invented & engraved by William Blake [6 of 22 engravings]

Type: Prints(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1825
Accession number: 72.62.53.5
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

Satan pours pestilence onto Job, who continues to provide charity to the poor in the hope that his good works will release him from Satan's thrall. The border design indicates Job's hellish fate.

Illustrations of the Book of Job invented & engraved by William Blake [6 of 22 engravings]

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