Job's Comforters

1825

William Blake

Associated Names
William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

This is a black and white print surrounded by text. In the print, several people are depicted on the left approaching a central man, who is seated and being supported by a woman behind him. The setting is a barren landscape with a city in the distance. The sky is stormy. Surrounding this print there are scripted words and motifs of people along the border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on India paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 42.5 × 33 cm (16 3/4 × 13 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.232

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bindman 1978, no. 632

  • Series Title

    Book of Job: plate 7

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1978

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

Wikidata ID

Q64962550

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