Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, BritishPublished by John Linnell the Elder, 1792–1882, British/Scottish
Title:
Job and His Daughters
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 × 10 3/4 inches (40.6 × 27.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
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"; 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