COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1215643
Reference Number:
R44332
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Wrath of Elihu
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 12
Image Sequence Number:
012
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.
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:
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
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:
105
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
Wrath of Elihu
