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The Destruction of Job's Sons

William Blake

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Artist
William Blake
Date
1825
Movement
Romanticism · fairy painting
Medium
engraving on India paper
Dimensions
plate: 21.6 x 17.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.); sheet: 41.9 x 33.3 cm (16 1/2 x 13 1/8 in.)
Location
National Gallery of Art
Credit
Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

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William Blake, The Destruction of Job's Sons, 1825, engraving on India paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

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