Behemoth and Leviathan
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
(engraver)
1757-1827
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
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 //
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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