William BLAKE

Job and his Family
1823-1826; published 1826
plate 1 from Illustrations of The Book of Job

Medium

engraving on chine collé

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

engraving on chine collé

Measurements

18.3 × 15.0 cm (image) 20.0 × 16.6 cm (plate) 38.8 × 26.9 cm (sheet)

Catalogue/s Raisonné

Bindman 1978, 626; Essick Job A1; Butlin & Gott 49b

Edition

one of 150 sets on Whatman Turkey Mill paper (from the first edition of 215 marked 'Proof')

Inscription

printed in ink (in image) 1
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.r.: (various inscriptions)
printed in ink (in image) WBlake inv & sculp
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: London. Published as the Act directs. March 8: 1825. by Willm (m in superscript) Blake N 3 Fountain Court Strand
printed in ink Proof

Accession Number

1058.2-3

Departments

International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)

domestic sheep (species) families (kinship groups) illustrations (layout features) Job (Old Testament character) praying religious characters text (layout feature) virtue

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William BLAKE Job and his Family 1823-1826; published 1826 plate 1 from Illustrations of The Book of Job

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Illustrations of The Book of Job

Titlepage

Satan before the Throne of God

The Destruction of Job's Sons

The Messengers tell Job of his Misfortunes

Satan going forth from the Presence of the Lord

Satan smiting Job with Boils

Job's Comforters

Job's Despair

The Vision of Eliphaz

Job rebuked by his Friends

Job's Evil Dreams

The Wrath of Elihu

The Lord answering Job out of the Whirlwind

The Creation

Behemoth and Leviathan

The Fall of Satan

The Vision of God

Job's Sacrifice

Job accepting Charity

Job and his Daughters

Job and his Wife restored to Prosperity

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William BLAKE

Job and his Family
1823-1826; published 1826
plate 1 from Illustrations of The Book of Job