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A young man confronting a group of kneeling and sitting figures under a night sky

At left, a man in profile at the foreground faces right and takes a step toward a group of figures that sit or kneel on the ground. He looks down at them while gesturing with his right hand extended in front of him and his left hand pointing at the sky. Looking back at him at center, a bearded man sits wearing a robe around his waist, as a woman crouches next to him with her head between her knees. At right, three robed, bearded men kneel looking on. Stars dot the sky above.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.416
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
I Am Young and Ye Are Very Old; Wherefore I was Afraid (The Book of Job)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Wrath of Elihu
Series/Book Title: The Book of Job
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1821
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297990

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, black ink and graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions
23.3 x 28.6 cm (9 3/16 x 11 1/4 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
1943.416
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 (12), pl. 744
  • 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. 12, "I am Young & ye are very Old wherefore I ..."

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