Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, BritishPublished by John Linnell the Elder, 1792–1882, British/Scottish
Title:
Job Rebuked by His Friends
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving with chine-collé; proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper right: "10"; upper center: "But he knoweth the way that I take | when he hath tried me I shall come forth like gold | Have pity upon me! Have pity upon me! O ye my friends | for the hand of God hath touched me | Though he slay me yet will I trust in him"; lower center: "The Just Upright Man is laughed to scorn | Man that is born of a Woman is of few days & full of trouble | he cometh up like a flower & is cut down he fleeth also as a shadow | & continueth not And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one | & bringest me into judgment with thee"; lower right: "WBlake invenit & sculp"; lower center: "London. Published as the Act directs March 8:1825. by William Blake N 3 Fountain Court Strand"; lower right: "Proof"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection