Detail View: Rylands Collection: Behemoth and Leviathan
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Image Number:
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JRL1215646
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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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Behemoth and Leviathan
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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 15
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Image Sequence Number:
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015
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Description:
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Single line engraving in black ink. Again Job in his cramped and destitute chamber is being instructed by God through a colossal vision. Job's group is suspended above a gigantic globe that is filled with the forms of the sinuous Behemoth and scaly Leviathan the biblical guardians of land and sea respectively. Their presence is obtrusive and not necessarily righteous, but it is clear that they visually and metaphorically occupy the entire sphere of the material world.
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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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207 mm
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Item Width:
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166 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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120
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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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