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Behemoth and Leviathan

Maker

(artist)
1757-1827

(engraver)
1757-1827

Title

Behemoth and Leviathan

Date of Production

executed :

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 22 cm
Width: 17 cm

Accession Number

G.1951.XX.1.16

Mode of Acquisition

Jungawalla, gift, 1951

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Behemoth

Leviathan & water

bulrush




Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right hand corner & recto : numbered : 15.

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre margin & recto : : Can any understand the spreadings of the Clouds / the noise of his Tabernacle //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Behold now Behemoth which I made with thee //

Inscription: inscription : printed : left hand margin & recto : running vertically up page : Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud / He scattereth the bright clouds also it is turned about by his counsels //

Inscription: inscription : printed : right hand margin & recto : running vertically down page : Of Behemoth he saith. He is the chief of the ways of God / Of Leviathan he saith. He is King over all the Children of Pride //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : WBlake inven't [ampersand] sculp //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : London Published as the Act directs March 8[colon] 1825 by Willm Blake N3 Fountain Court Strand //

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