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The Messengers tell Job of his Misfortunes
1823-1826; published 1826
plate 4 from Illustrations of The Book of Job
Medium
engraving on chine collé
Measurements
20.0 × 15.2 cm (image) 21.8 × 17.0 cm (plate) 38.5 × 27.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bindman 1978, 629; Essick Job A4; Butlin & Gott 49e
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.: 4
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.r.: (various inscriptions)
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: WBlake invent & sculp
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: London. Published as the Act directs March 8: 1825 by Willm (m in superscript) Blake No (o in superscript) 3 Fountain Court Strand
printed in ink l.r.: Proof
Accession Number
1058.5-3
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)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
disasters faith illustrations (layout features) Job (Old Testament character) messengers perils religious characters text (layout feature)
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)