“ob and His Daughters” by William Blake, 1757-1827 (original) (raw)

Job and His Daughters

William Blake, 1757-1827, illustrator, editor, publisher, and printer

1826

41.1 x 27.2 cm. (page); 21.3 x 16.7 cm. (plate)

Beckwith, Victorian Bibliomania catalogue no. 1

Source: Illustrations of the Book of Job, plate 20

Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Gift of Mrs. Jane Bradley in memory of Charles Bradley. 22.298

William Blake expanded the Old Testament Book of Job by illustrating selected moments in the narrative and adding relevant quotations from other Biblical texts. [continued below]

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Courtesy the Rhode Island School of Design