Detail View: Rylands Collection: Every Man also gave Him a piece of Money
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Image Number:
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JRL1215650
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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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Every Man also gave Him a piece of Money
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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 19
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Image Sequence Number:
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019
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Description:
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Single line engraving in black ink. Job's salvation is demonstrated by the return to a fecund landscape the tree that once sheltered Job and his family is restored to its duty, and the humbled husband and wife sit amidst a flourishing cornfield. The border as well is an incubator, overabundant with voracious life and nature. The ominous, barren, withered and wind-tortured scenes of before are regenerated into an exotic hothouse environment. Blake has engaged Job in an act of self-contemplation. Neither he nor his wife is aware of the scene from which the plate takes its name, and it may be this break from materiality that signifies the ultimate transformation within the Book of Job.
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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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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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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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140
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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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