Detail View: Rylands Collection: Satan Smiting Job with Boils
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Image Number:
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JRL1215637
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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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Satan Smiting Job with Boils
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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 6
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Image Sequence Number:
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006
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Description:
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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.
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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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205 mm
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Item Width:
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158 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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75
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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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