Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, Job and His Daughters, 1825
- Title:
- Job and His Daughters
- Additional Title(s):
- 'There were not found Women fair as the Daughters of Job', Plate 20
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1825
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 × 10 5/8 inches (38.1 × 27 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 5/8 inches (21 × 16.8 cm), Image: 7 3/4 × 6 5/8 inches (19.7 × 16.8 cm), Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "21"
Lettered inside image, upper right: "20"; upper center: "How precious are thy thoughts | unto me O God | how great is the sum of them"; lower center: "There were not found Women fair as the Daughters of Job | in all the Land & their Father gave them Inheritance | among their Brethren | If I ascend up into Heaven thou art there | If I make my bed in Hell behold Thou | art there"; lower right: "WBlake invenit & sc"; lower center: "London Published as the Act directs March 8:1825 by William Blake No 3 Fountain Court Strand"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1522
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2452
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