Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, BritishPublished by John Linnell the Elder, 1792–1882, British/Scottish
Title:
Job Rebuked by His Friends
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: "10"; upper center: "But he knoweth the way that I take | when he hath tried me I shall come forth like gold | Have pity upon me! Have pity upon me! O ye my friends | for the hand of God hath touched me | Though he slay me yet will I trust in him"; lower center: "The Just Upright Man is laughed to scorn | Man that is born of a Woman is of few days & full of trouble | he cometh up like a flower & is cut down he fleeth also as a shadow | & continueth not And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one | & bringest me into judgement with thee"; lower right: "WBlake invenit & sculp"; lower center: "London. Published as the Act directs March 8:1825. by William Blake N 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