COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1215637
Reference Number:
R44332
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Satan Smiting Job with Boils
Parent Work Title:
Illustrations of the Book of Job
Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827
Creator Role:
Illustrator
Date Created:
1825
Publication Details:
London: Published by William Blake
Page/Sheet:
Plate 6
Image Sequence Number:
006
Description:
Single line engraving in black ink. An earthly, idealised, haloed Satan literally oppresses Job with his own physical presence. He stands atop of a contorted and agonised depiction of Job, who is rigid with pain and fear. Satan summons forth lightning bolts and again his hand grips a vial which either fuels Job's suffering or feeds off of it. The setting sun in the horizon indicates a faith in degeneration. It is a world that fades to darkness, made all the more poignant by the feeble light that throws the figure of Job's wife, harassed with anguish, into a ragged chiaroscuro. The dense fog that smothers the natural atmosphere extends beyond the real world and swirls into the border space connecting Job's world of terror to the anarchic space of faceless winged demons and motifs of plague and decay.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Bible. Old Testament
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Technique Used:
Engraving (printing process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
205 mm
Item Width:
158 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Bibliographic Citation:
Blake, William, 'Illustrations of the Book of Job' (London: published by William Blake, 1825)
Notes:
21 leaves of plates. The plate descriptions have been supplied by Simon Spier.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-03-20
Multi Page Number:
75
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
Satan Smiting Job with Boils
