Detail View: Rylands Collection: Lord answering Job out of the Whirlwind
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Image Number:
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JRL1215644
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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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Lord answering Job out of the Whirlwind
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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 13
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Image Sequence Number:
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013
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Description:
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Single line engraving in black ink. Blake has prescribed to this plate a furious rush of energy that is uncontainable and originates from the central figure of God. Job and his wife are knelt in prayer before him while the comforters cower and are physically squashed by the apparition. The sweeping whirlwind surges forth into the border and bends huge trees and branches to the ground in a chaotic flurry this might indicate Job's unbreakable character in the face of all his awful trials. Above God, at the top of the illustration, the wind guides a chain of spirit figures, some of which take the form of an embryonic Job, his sentience identifiable only by the vague suggestion of a flowing beard surrounding his preeminent gaunt features. This hallucinatory association between the figures of Job and God takes its strongest depiction yet in the act of the former literally being a material emanation within the latter's aura.
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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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206 mm
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Item Width:
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160 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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Rights holder - Work:
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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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110
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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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