The Destruction of Job's Sons
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
(engraver)
1757-1827
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
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
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 //
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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