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Satan before the Throne of God

Satan before the Throne of God
1823-1826; published 1826
plate 2 from Illustrations of The Book of Job

Medium
engraving on chine collé

Measurements
19.8 × 15.1 cm (image) 21.8 × 17.1 cm (plate) 38.5 × 26.8 cm (sheet)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bindman 1978, 627; Essick Job A2; Butlin & Gott 49c

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.r.: 2
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.r.: (various inscriptions)
printed in ink (in image, vertically) l.l.: WBlake inv & sc
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 l.r.: Proof

Accession Number
1058.3-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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