Illustrations of the Book of Job, plate 8: Job's Despair, William Blake

Illustrations of the Book of Job, plate 8: Job's Despair

Job's Despair (museum title)

William Blake (British) (1757-1827)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1826
Medium: Engraving with chine collé
Collection: Yale Center for British Art, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Yale Center for British Art, CC0

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