Job and His Family
1825
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Artist
William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker.
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ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Job and His Family is a 1825 ink by William Blake, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This picture shows a group of people sitting under a tree. Some look sad, others lean on each other. In the background, a stormy sky looms with a moon peeking through. The edges of the scene have text, like a story about a man named Job. The artist carved this scene into metal, then pressed it onto paper. The lines are sharp, and shadows fill the gaps between them. This kind of drawing is called cross-hatching. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker.
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