A kneeling woman and man shed tears as three other figures gesture toward him.
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At center, a bearded man wearing a cloth around his waist kneels on the ground, with his hands at his sides facing outward. He looks upward at a dark clouded sky as tears fall from his eyes. A woman crouching beside him at left looks on, also crying. At right, a group of three men sit and stand facing him, gesturing with their outstretched hands toward him. The margins above and below the image show hand lettered text from the biblical book of Job, decorated with chained figures at left and right. The lower margin shows a bird at left standing on a snake, and an owl at right clutching a mouse.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10457
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
"The just, upright man is laughed to scorn,"
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/257766

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
iii, proof
Standard Reference Number
Binyon 115

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10457
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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