Job and his family, by William Blake

An image of Illustrations of the Book of Job. Job and his family. Blake, William (1757-1827). Graphite, Indian ink, grey wash with some white heightening on paper, with slight indications of marginal design in graphite above and below the drawing. Height 92mm, width 120mm.

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Illustrations of the Book of Job. Job and his family. Blake, William (1757-1827). Graphite, Indian ink, grey wash with some white heightening on paper, with slight indications of marginal design in graphite above and below the drawing. Height 92mm, width 120mm.

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Accession Number: PD.26-1950
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 809 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 223.05kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2013:08:15 10:17:11

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19th Century bearded beards bible biblical Blake Book of Job British School children daughters drawing English family Fitz_PDP offspring Old Testament sheep sons William Blake

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