Prints

Illustrations of the Book of Job invented & engraved by William Blake [7 of 22 engravings]

Type: Prints(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1825
Accession number: 72.62.53.6
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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Satan strides above Job, now reduced to poverty and disease. His wife sinks in sorrow at his feet.

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