1825
ink
From the collection of The William Blake Archive
Job Rebuked by His Friends is a 1825 ink by William Blake, a Romanticism work, held at The William Blake Archive.
This black-and-white print shows three bearded men in a rocky, stormy landscape. The man on the left kneels, hands clasped, looking down. The other two stand over him, pointing fingers as if scolding. Above them, a poem in old-fashioned words frames the scene. The title at the bottom calls it *Job Rebuked by His Friends*—a biblical story about suffering. Blake used sharp lines and heavy shading to show emotion and drama. Next, look up engraving to see how artists like Blake carved images into metal.
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker.
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