COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1215638
Reference Number:
R44332
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Job's Comforters
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 7
Image Sequence Number:
007
Description:
Single line engraving in black ink. After the intensity of the preceding image here Job is shown despondent and unresponsive with fatigue. His tired gaze is focused on the presence of some masonry that has edged into the peripheries of this scene. Both objects frame Job and take the form of a rudimentary crucifix. This gradually emerging symbol is prophetic of the role of faith in Job's experiences he is faced by three figures who lament his troubles and seek to comfort him, but his averted gaze tells of his discovered solace in the contemplation of the cross. The form of the sheltering crucifixes is also in stark contrast to the landscape setting, which now teems with the coarse stone structures synonymous with druidic cults. Between Job and his comforters these objects squat, inhabiting the shadowed hill and avoiding the emerging light.
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:
207 mm
Item Width:
156 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:
80
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
Job's Comforters
