An elderly couple surrounded by their family and sheep under a tree
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At center, wearing long robes and holding open books in their laps, a woman and a man sit facing the viewer, their eyes raised upwards. Beneath a large tree on which musical instruments are hung, they are surrounded their family. At left and right, seven sons holding shepherd’s crooks kneel, while three daughters kneel in front of them at center. In the foreground, a line of sheep lie sleeping. Behind the family a large flock of sheep grazes. In the distance at left a large stone church is seen while at right we see a row of barns.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.420
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
There Was a Man in the Land of Uz (The Book of Job)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Job and his Family
Series/Book Title: The Book of Job
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1821
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297591

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, black ink and graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.4 cm (9 x 10 13/16 in.)

Provenance

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.420
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, "The Fogg Art Museum's Collection of Drawings", Harvard Library Bulletin, Harvard University (Cambridge, 1958), vol. 3, no. 2, March, pp. 5-9, p. 202
  • Martin Butlin, The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, England, 1981), no. 551 (1), pl. 733

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/05/2016 - 09/13/2016

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