1825
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Destruction of Job's Sons is a 1825 ink by William Blake, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white engraving shows a chaotic scene of people falling from the sky. One figure clutches a baby, while others sprawl in midair, tangled in swirling lines that look like wind or fire. Below, a group crouches in fear, watching as the chaos unfolds. The text around the edges quotes a biblical story about a sudden disaster. The artist used sharp, crisscrossed lines to show movement and panic. Check out how this engraving works—those lines aren’t just decoration, they create drama.
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker.
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