A group of figures presenting offerings to a couple seated beneath a tree
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At left, in profile, a man and three women all in long robes approach toward a couple seated at right. The man offers a small bag to them and next to him a woman extends her hand, holding a small earring. Two women wait behind them, and one is seen also holding a small bag. The seated man and woman are white haired, the man with a long flowing beard, and they look down, with arms folded in front of them. Behind them a large fruit-bearing tree spreads its limbs overhead.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.427
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
Everyone Also Gave Him a Piece of Money (The Book of Job)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Every Man Also Gave Him a Piece of Money
Series/Book Title: The Book of Job
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1821
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297758

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
23.2 x 30.4 cm (9 1/8 x 11 15/16 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
1943.427
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 (19), pl. 751
  • David Bindman, ed., William Blake's Illustrations to the Book of Job, The William Blake Trust (London, England, 1987), repr. ill. B on p. 3 of pl. 19, "Every one also gave him a piece of Money"

Exhibition History

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

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