Album met prenten door William Blake gebaseerd op het boek Job, William Blake, 1859 - 1921

Identification

Title(s)

Album met prenten door William Blake gebaseerd op het boek Job
The Book of Job (title on object)
Illustrations of the book of Job invented and engraved by William Blake, 1825 (title on object)

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1958-147

Inscriptions / marks

‘Wilfred Merton/ MDCCCCXXI’
collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Description

Album met 21 prenten, een titelprent en een ex libris op 23 albumbladen. De prenten zijn ontworpen en gegraveerd door William Blake en gebaseerd op het boek Job.

Creation

Artist

print maker: William Blake (mentioned on object)
after own design by: William Blake (mentioned on object)
publisher: William Blake
C. & C. McLeish (mentioned on object)

Dating

1825 - 1828 and/or 1859 - 1921

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

engraving / engraving / etching

Measurements

height 442 mm × width 344 mm × thickness 13 mm × width c. 70 mm

Explanatory note

De serie is door William Blake in 1826 uitgegeven.

Subject

What

the book of Job

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1958

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Parts

Documentation

William Blake 1757-1827 : the complete series of original engravings for The book of Job, John Linnell
There was a man in the land of Uz : Williams Blake's illustrations to the book of Job, Meira Perry-Lehmann
William Blake : the book of Job and Dante's inferno, Cheryl A. Brutvan
Aanwinsten : 1 januari - 1 oktober 1958, nr. 2, p. 46

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.410941

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