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A running figure gestures to a seated man and woman who fold their hands and look up in distress

Entering from the left, a male figure in a toga runs up to a couple seated at right. He gestures toward them with his left hand, and points backward with his outstretched right hand, an expression of alarm on his face. As sheep graze around them on the ground, the couple sit beside large stone columns, both their faces showing distress. The upper and lower margins contain text from the biblical Book of Job. Above, clouds surround the text and at center is an image of a man with bat-like wings, facing away and holding a sword in his left hand. Below and at the sides the text is decorated with smoke and flames.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10451
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
"And I only am escaped to tell thee,"
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/257738

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 109; Bindman 629

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10451
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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