A robed figure with a long flowing beard makes a gesture of blessing over two kneeling figures
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At center left, a robed figure with a beard that flows down to his bare feet stands surrounded by radiating light. He looks down at a man and woman who kneel before him, and he holds his outstretched hands above their heads as they gaze back at him. Behind the kneeling couple a group of three men crouch down, facing away and shielding their eyes from the light. The border above the image shows hand lettered biblical text and radiant clouds, while below the text continues along with a motif of an angel displaying open books and scrolls with further text from the Gospel of John.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10464
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
"I have heard thee with the hearing of the Ear,"
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/257852

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 122

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10464
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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