- Title:
- Job's Sacrifice
- Additional Title(s):
- 'And my Servant Job shall pray for you', Plate 18
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1825
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 × 11 inches (38.1 × 27.9 cm), Plate: 8 1/2 × 6 3/4 inches (21.6 × 17.1 cm), Image: 7 3/4 × 5 7/8 inches (19.7 × 14.9 cm), Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "19"
Lettered inside image, upper right: "18"; upper center: "Also the Lord accepted Job"; lower center, from left to right: "And my Servant Job shall pray for you | I say unto you | Love your En | emies bless them | that curse you | do good to them | that hate you | & pray for them | that despite him | use you & perse | cute you. | That you may be | the children of | your Father which | is in heaven, for | he maketh his sun | to shine on the E | vil & the Good & | sendeth rain on | the lust & the Unjust | Be ye therefore | perfect as your Fa | ther which is in hea | ven is perfect | And the Lord turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his Friends | WBlake inv & sculpt"; lower center: "London Published as the Act directs March 8:1825 by Will Blake No 3 Fountain Court Strand"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1520
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2450
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, Job's Sacrifice, 1825
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