Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, Job's Despair, 1825
- Title:
- Job's Despair
- Additional Title(s):
- 'Let the Day perish wherein I was Born', Plate 8
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1825
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (38.4 × 27.3 cm), Plate: 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 inches (21.6 × 16.8 cm), Image: 7 3/4 × 5 5/8 inches (19.7 × 14.3 cm), Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "9"
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"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1510
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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