COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Manchester~91~1
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Image Number:
JRL1215642
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JRL1215642
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Reference Number:
R44332
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R44332
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Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Job's Evil Dreams
title
Job's Evil Dreams
Image Title
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Parent Work Title:
Illustrations of the Book of Job
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Illustrations of the Book of Job
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Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827
creator
Blake, William, 1757-1827
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Illustrator
creator_role
Illustrator
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1825
date_created
1825
Date Created
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Publication Details:
London: Published by William Blake
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London: Published by William Blake
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Page/Sheet:
Plate 11
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Plate 11
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Image Sequence Number:
011
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011
Image Sequence Number
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Description:
Single line engraving in black ink. This busy composition of strong horizontals displays Job pressed unwillingly to his bed between a malevolent God-figure Satan as the serpent bearing Angel of Light and a fiery abyss beneath. Arms belonging to Satan's ministers reach out of the sea of flames and torment Job by trapping him in a grotesque embrace and preparing to chain him down within his terrible imagination indefinitely. Satan takes the image of Job as God has done hitherto this scene, but in this instance the mirror-image is an alarming distortion portraying Job as a deranged and harassed anthropomorphic being, from whom Job himself recoils with a grimace. The unified expression of this plate is one of instability and fragmentation. The angular forms that interlock to create the setting of Job's nightmare vision constantly shift and never settle, and the border design which encapsulates the entire scene is a fragile network of wavering lines that only project the ephemeral and quivering intensity of this illustration.
description
Single line engraving in black ink. This busy composition of strong horizontals displays Job pressed unwillingly to his bed between a malevolent God-figure Satan as the serpent bearing Angel of Light and a fiery abyss beneath. Arms belonging to Satan's ministers reach out of the sea of flames and torment Job by trapping him in a grotesque embrace and preparing to chain him down within his terrible imagination indefinitely. Satan takes the image of Job as God has done hitherto this scene, but in this instance the mirror-image is an alarming distortion portraying Job as a deranged and harassed anthropomorphic being, from whom Job himself recoils with a grimace. The unified expression of this plate is one of instability and fragmentation. The angular forms that interlock to create the setting of Job's nightmare vision constantly shift and never settle, and the border design which encapsulates the entire scene is a fragile network of wavering lines that only project the ephemeral and quivering intensity of this illustration.
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Language Code:
eng-GB
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eng-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Bible. Old Testament
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Bible. Old Testament
Subject
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Category of Material:
Printed
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Printed
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false
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
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Illustrated works
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false
Technique Used:
Engraving (printing process)
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Engraving (printing process)
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false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
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Item Height:
208 mm
item_height
208 mm
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Item Width:
163 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
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Bibliographic Citation:
Blake, William, 'Illustrations of the Book of Job' (London: published by William Blake, 1825)
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Blake, William, 'Illustrations of the Book of Job' (London: published by William Blake, 1825)
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Notes:
21 leaves of plates. The plate descriptions have been supplied by Simon Spier.
notes
21 leaves of plates. The plate descriptions have been supplied by Simon Spier.
Notes
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-03-20
Multi Page Number:
100
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100
Multi Page Number
false
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
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Rylands
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