Job's Despair

1825

William Blake

Associated Names
William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

The image shows three figures sitting on the ground. The central figure is seated with legs bent and arms raised above his head. The central figure is unclothed, while the two figures on either side are dressed in flowing garments with their heads down. The setting includes swirling clouds and a large rectangular structure in the rear, with a desolate landscape of barren rock formations or mountains. The illustration is framed by floral and wavy decorative patterns, with calligraphic text at the top and bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.4 × 22.2 cm (10 × 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1810

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bindman 1978, no. 633

  • Series Title

    Book of Job: plate 8

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • William Blake, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1965, no. 24.

Bibliography

1978

  • Bindman, David. The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.

Wikidata ID

Q64962727

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