A man sits, leaning his head back in sorrow while approaching figures gesture toward the sky.
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At right, a bearded man wearing only a cloth over his waist, sits beside a pillar with a mournful expression. The skin on his chest and legs appears rough or abraded, and a woman standing behind him looks on with a pitying expression. At left, three men approach the man, all raising their hands to the sky. Behind small stone buildings and a mountain in the distance, the sun is setting. The margins around the image are decorated with text from the biblical Book of Job and small illustrations of a couple tending sheep.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10454
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
"And when they lifted up their eyes afar off,"
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/257765

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 112

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10454
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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