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Titlepage
1823-1826; published 1826
from Illustrations of The Book of Job
Medium
engraving on chine collé
Measurements
19.0 × 14.6 cm (image) 21.3 × 16.4 cm (plate) 38.5 × 26.9 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bindman 1978, 625; Essick Job A; Butlin & Gott 49a
Edition
one of 150 sets on Whatman Turkey Mill paper (from the first edition of 215 marked 'Proof')
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.c.: (Hebraic script) / ILLUSTRATIONS of / The / BOOK / of / JOB / Invented & Engraved / by William Blake / 1825
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: London Published as the Act directs March 8: 1825 by William Blake No (o in superscript) 3 Fountain Court Strand
Accession Number
1058.1-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
angels (spirits) illustrations (layout features) title pages titles (partial documents)
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)