Prints

Illustrations of the Book of Job invented & engraved by William Blake [20 of 22 engravings]

Type: Prints(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1825
Accession number: 72.62.53.19
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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Job and his wife have learned to receive, not just to give, charity. Humility is an avenue to spiritual truth and the peace that passeth understanding.

Illustrations of the Book of Job invented & engraved by William Blake [20 of 22 engravings]

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