Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, Job's Despair, 1826
- Title:
- Job's Despair
- Additional Title(s):
- 'Let the Day perish wherein I was Born', Plate 8
- Part Of:
- 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: "8"; upper center: "Lo let that night be solitary | & let no joyful voice come therein"; lower center: "Let the Day perish wherein I was Born | And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days & seven | nights & none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief | was very great"; lower right: "WBlake inv & sculp"; lower center: "London Publish'd as the Act directs March 8:1825 by Willm Blake No 3 Fountain Court Strand"; lower right: "Proof"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1532
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2463
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