The Messenger Tells Job of His Misfortunes
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
(engraver)
1757-1827
1757-1827
(engraver)
1757-1827
Title
The Messenger Tells Job of His Misfortunes
Date of Production
executed :
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.7 cm
Width: 17 cm
Width: 17 cm
Accession Number
G.1951.XX.1.5
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
landscape & tree
messenger
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 : 4.
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : : And there came a Mefsenger unto Job [ampersand] said. The Oxen were plowing [ampersand] the Sabeans came down [ampersand] they have slain the Young Men with the Sword / Going to [ampersand] Fro in the Earch [ampersand] walking up [ampersand] down in it //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : While he was yet speaking / there came also another [ampersand] said / The Fire of God is fallen from heaven and hath burned up the flocks [ampersand] the / Young Men [ampersand] consumed them [ampersand] only I am escaped alone to tell thee //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right hand margin & recto : : WBlake inven [ampersand] sculp
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : London. Published as the Act directs March 8 [colon] 1825. by Willm Blake No3 Fountain Court Strand
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : : And there came a Mefsenger unto Job [ampersand] said. The Oxen were plowing [ampersand] the Sabeans came down [ampersand] they have slain the Young Men with the Sword / Going to [ampersand] Fro in the Earch [ampersand] walking up [ampersand] down in it //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : While he was yet speaking / there came also another [ampersand] said / The Fire of God is fallen from heaven and hath burned up the flocks [ampersand] the / Young Men [ampersand] consumed them [ampersand] only I am escaped alone to tell thee //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right hand margin & recto : : WBlake inven [ampersand] sculp
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : London. Published as the Act directs March 8 [colon] 1825. by Willm Blake No3 Fountain Court Strand
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