JOB'S SACRIFICE

Date 1825
Technique Engraving
Price $2,500.00
Exhibitor Roger Genser - The Prints and the Pauper
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WILLIAM BLAKE (British 1757-1827)

JOB'S SACRIFICE - And my Servant Job Shall Pray For You,  1825 (Bindman 1978.643; Binyon 1926.123 iii; Russell 1912.33)

Engraving,  First edition, one of 100 sets printed directly onto Whatman wove paper with a 1825 watermark. and the word “proof” removed. From "Illustrations of the Book of Job". Publishing line “London Published as the Act Directs March 8., 1825 by Will. Blake No. 3 Fountain Court Strand. Platemark 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches, sheet 14 x 9 7/8 inches. Engraved signature in lower design -  W. Blake Inv & Sculpt.

Very bright well printed sheet, In very good condition, save for couple of fox marks on the verso one in the lower right border. A nice example of this print