Detail View: Rylands Collection: Job's Sons and Daughters Overwhelmed by Satan
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Image Number:
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JRL1215634
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Reference Number:
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R44332
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Job's Sons and Daughters Overwhelmed by Satan
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Parent Work Title:
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Illustrations of the Book of Job
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Creator:
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Blake, William, 1757-1827
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Creator Role:
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Illustrator
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Date Created:
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1825
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Publication Details:
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London: Published by William Blake
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Page/Sheet:
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Plate 3
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Image Sequence Number:
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003
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Description:
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Single line engraving in black ink. Blake has here depicted Satan perched atop a pile of rubble and human bodies before a backdrop of intense flames and a fractured sky. Satan has transformed from the idealised male to the winged personification of evil. He squats unnaturally and his outstretched arms are the source of the entire vision of torment, his body is physically intertwined with his desolate environment. The writhing mass of bodies beneath Satan is a living manifestation of the lightening and flames behind them essentially they personify Satan's destruction. One notable figure is the form of Job's son lying in an inverted crucifix position, symbolising the overturning of Job's faith through this act. The border adds to the terrible drama containing the etchings of scorpion tails, flames and smoke.
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Subject:
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Bible. Old Testament
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Illustrated works
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Technique Used:
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Engraving (printing process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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207 mm
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Item Width:
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154 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Blake, William, 'Illustrations of the Book of Job' (London: published by William Blake, 1825)
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Notes:
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21 leaves of plates. The plate descriptions have been supplied by Simon Spier.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2012-03-20
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Multi Page Number:
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60
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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