A man with his back to the viewer raising his arms out before a fire on a stone altar
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Flanked by a kneeling robed woman on his left, and three more kneeling robed figures on his right who bow their heads low, a robed man stands at center before a tall structure made of cut stone. He stretches his arms outward, facing away from us and toward a tall fire atop the altar. The flames rise upward into a cloud. In the distance at left, is another stone structure, and a low mountain is seen at right.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.414
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
And My Servant Job Shall Pray for You (The Book of Job)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Job's Sacrifice
Series/Book Title: The Book of Job
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1821
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297824

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
23.9 x 32 cm (9 7/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Fleur-de-lis with shield

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
1943.414
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 (18), pl. 750
  • 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. 18, "And my Servant Job shall pray for you"

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