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A man sits on the ground looking up and raising his hands skyward, while figures around him kneel and bow their heads.

At center, a bearded man wearing a cloth over his lap, sits on the ground raising his hands straight up over his head. He looks upward as tears stream into his beard. At left, a woman in a robe kneels and her long hair covers her face as she bows facing the man. At right, three men also kneel, bowing their heads facing the man. Dark clouded skies and mountains are in the distance. In the margin above and below the image is hand lettered text from the biblical Book of Job decorated with motifs of briars and mushrooms.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10455
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
"Let the day perish wherein I was born,"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Book of Job
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/257706

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii, proof
Standard Reference Number
Binyon 113

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10455
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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