Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, BritishPublished by John Linnell the Elder, 1792–1882, British/Scottish
Title:
Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord and Job's Charity
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 × 10 3/4 inches (40.6 × 27.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper right: "5"; upper center: "Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Was not my Soul afflicted for the Poor | Behold he is in thy hand: but save his Life"; center right: "WBlake inventor & sculp"; lower center: "Then went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord | And it grieved him at his heart | Who maketh his Angels Spirits & his Ministers a Flaming Fire"; lower center: "London. Published 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, Gift of J. T. Johnston Coe in memory of Henry E. Coe, Yale BA 1878, Henry E. Coe Jr., Yale BA 1917, and Henry E. Coe III, Yale BA 1946