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The Destruction of Job's Sons

Maker

(artist)
1757-1827

(engraver)
1757-1827

Title

The Destruction of Job's Sons

Date of Production

executed :

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 17 cm

Accession Number

G.1951.XX.1.4

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











Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Bicentenary exhibition of works by William Blake (1757-1827), The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 01/11/1957-01/12/1957

Literature

Bicentenary exhibition of works by William Blake (1757-1827), Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 1957
cat. no. 12

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right hand corner & recto : numbered : 3.

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper left hand & recto : : The Fire of God is //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right hand & recto : : fallen from Heaven //

Inscription: inscription : printed : centre & recto : : And the Lord said unto Satan Behold All that he hath is in thy Power //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Thy Sons [ampersand] thy Daughters were eating [ampersand] drinking Wine in their / eldest Brothers house [ampersand] behold there came a great wind from the Wildernefs / [ampersand] smote upon the four faces of the house it fell upon the young Men and they are Dead //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left hand margin & recto : : WBlake inven [ampersand] sculp

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : London. Published as the Act directs March 8[colon] 1825 by Willm Blake No3 Fountain Court Strand //

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