COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
JRL1215643
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JRL1215643
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Reference Number:
R44332
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R44332
Reference Number
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Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Wrath of Elihu
title
Wrath of Elihu
Image Title
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Parent Work Title:
Illustrations of the Book of Job
title_larger_entity
Illustrations of the Book of Job
Parent Work Title
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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
false
Publication Details:
London: Published by William Blake
imprint
London: Published by William Blake
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false
Page/Sheet:
Plate 12
page
Plate 12
Page/Sheet
false
Image Sequence Number:
012
image_sequence_number
012
Image Sequence Number
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Description:
Single line engraving in black ink. The return to Job in his unfriendly but now recognisable pastoral setting finds a favourable shift in the cosmos with a constellation of stars appearing in the night sky and shining down on Job and his fatigued entourage. The stone monuments that once spread malignantly over Job's home now cluster together to display more of an architectural narrative that might correspond to notions of an emerging, cooperating civilization within the desolate hills. This evolution seems to be personified in the presence or actions of the enigmatic standing figure Elihu. His pose is defiant and biblical, and however horrifying his 'wrath', the apparent changes show a stabilising of Job's realm. The magical environment shines through into the border with prismatic intensity, displaying a further panoply of stars and hosting a string of innumerable winged spirits that sweep over an image of a peaceful, slumbering Job and ascend beyond the material world to an unknown plane above.
description
Single line engraving in black ink. The return to Job in his unfriendly but now recognisable pastoral setting finds a favourable shift in the cosmos with a constellation of stars appearing in the night sky and shining down on Job and his fatigued entourage. The stone monuments that once spread malignantly over Job's home now cluster together to display more of an architectural narrative that might correspond to notions of an emerging, cooperating civilization within the desolate hills. This evolution seems to be personified in the presence or actions of the enigmatic standing figure Elihu. His pose is defiant and biblical, and however horrifying his 'wrath', the apparent changes show a stabilising of Job's realm. The magical environment shines through into the border with prismatic intensity, displaying a further panoply of stars and hosting a string of innumerable winged spirits that sweep over an image of a peaceful, slumbering Job and ascend beyond the material world to an unknown plane above.
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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)
technique
Engraving (printing process)
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false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Item Height:
207 mm
item_height
207 mm
Item Height
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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
Rights holder - Work
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Bibliographic Citation:
Blake, William, 'Illustrations of the Book of Job' (London: published by William Blake, 1825)
bibliographic_citation
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:
105
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105
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
Collection Code
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