Illustrations of the Book of Job: Invented & Engraved by William Blake 1825

Handsome new 80-page edition reproducing all 22 of William Blake's engraved illustrations for the Book of Job.

William Blake's engraved illustrations of the Book of Job are masterpieces of intaglio art. Dated 1825 in the plate and published the following year, they were based on his watercolours of the same subject from 1806 (Morgan Library, New York) and 1821 (Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard). Unlike the watercolours, the prints have complex marginal decorations that comment upon the biblical t...