Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, BritishPublished by John Linnell the Elder, 1792–1882, British/Scottish
Title:
Job's Despair
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