A group of falling figures is in distress among flames and crumbling stone columns as a bat-winged figure looks on from above.
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A nude male at center attempts to carry a small child on his shoulder, while losing his balance on a set of stone steps. Behind him large stone columns are falling as smoke and flames rise from the ground. Surrounding him at his feet are a group of figures, some reaching up to him, and others tumbling to the ground amid the blaze. Above, at center, a large figure crouches atop falling blocks, spreading his bat-like wings over the group and shooting flames down from his hands. In the margins above and below the image is text from the biblical Book of Job. The text and the margins at the sides are decorated with flames and clouds, as well as scorpions in the lower corners

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10450
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
"Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine,"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Book of Job
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/257737

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii, proof
Standard Reference Number
Binyon 108; Bindman 628

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10450
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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