Job’s Sacrifice: “And My Servant Job Shall Pray for You”

William Blake1825

Details

Title: Job’s Sacrifice: “And My Servant Job Shall Pray for You”
Creator: William Blake
Date Created: 1825
Subject Keywords: Bible, Job (Biblical), Old Testament, religions, religious art
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed along lower edge: “London. Published as the Act directs March 8: 1825 by William Blake N3 Fountain Court Strand”; inscribed, lower left corner: “Proof”
Set or Series Title: Illustrations of the Book of Job
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 2000
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on India paper laid down on wove paper. Watermark: No watermark visible through lining
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: First published edition of about 150 with the word “proof”
Dimensions: 1827
Bibliography: Binyon 123; David Bindman, Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job (1987), pp. 87–89; Cormack p. 65
Associated People: Created by William Blake (British (English), 1757-1827)
Accession Number: 2000.15.2

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