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Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
JRL1215652
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Reference Number:
R44332
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R44332
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Image Title:
Job and His Family Restored to Prosperity
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Job and His Family Restored to Prosperity
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Parent Work Title:
Illustrations of the Book of Job
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Illustrations of the Book of Job
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Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827
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Blake, William, 1757-1827
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Creator Role:
Illustrator
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Illustrator
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Date Created:
1825
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1825
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Publication Details:
London: Published by William Blake
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London: Published by William Blake
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Page/Sheet:
Plate 21
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Plate 21
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Image Sequence Number:
021
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021
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Description:
Single line engraving in black ink. Blake has made this plate immediately comparable to the first illustration 'Job and His Family'. Similarly Job and his descendants are clustered under their tree, yet here they counter an apparent idleness in the first plate by being depicted as a standing crowd, engaged in a zestfully saluting the heavens with instruments that formerly lay unused. This might be a comment on Job's idle participation in his faith at the beginning of the Book. Another compositional change is the inverting of the Sun and Moon from the first plate. If left and right constitute West and East, then it might be assumed that in the beginning Blake depicted the sun setting on Job and his family, whereas now it rises in the typical motif of new beginnings and regeneration. The overruling difference from the opening scene of Job is the family's involvement within their faith. Before they were depicted listening to Job reciting from the Holy Scriptures, following only the literal word of God. Now they surrender their creative bodies to Christianity not in quiet contemplation, but in a festival of celebration.
description
Single line engraving in black ink. Blake has made this plate immediately comparable to the first illustration 'Job and His Family'. Similarly Job and his descendants are clustered under their tree, yet here they counter an apparent idleness in the first plate by being depicted as a standing crowd, engaged in a zestfully saluting the heavens with instruments that formerly lay unused. This might be a comment on Job's idle participation in his faith at the beginning of the Book. Another compositional change is the inverting of the Sun and Moon from the first plate. If left and right constitute West and East, then it might be assumed that in the beginning Blake depicted the sun setting on Job and his family, whereas now it rises in the typical motif of new beginnings and regeneration. The overruling difference from the opening scene of Job is the family's involvement within their faith. Before they were depicted listening to Job reciting from the Holy Scriptures, following only the literal word of God. Now they surrender their creative bodies to Christianity not in quiet contemplation, but in a festival of celebration.
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Language Code:
eng-GB
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eng-GB
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Subject:
Bible. Old Testament
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Bible. Old Testament
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Category of Material:
Printed
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
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Illustrated works
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Technique Used:
Engraving (printing process)
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Engraving (printing process)
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Medium:
Ink
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Ink
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Support:
Paper
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Paper
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Item Height:
210 mm
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210 mm
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Item Width:
160 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Bibliographic Citation:
Blake, William, 'Illustrations of the Book of Job' (London: published by William Blake, 1825)
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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.
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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):
2012-03-20
Multi Page Number:
150
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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
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