William Blake
1757-1827
Job and His Daughters
8 11/16 x 10 7/8 inches (221 x 278 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash, and watercolor, over graphite, on paper.
2001.82
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
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One of twenty-one original drawings executed for Thomas Butts, ca. 1805-10, illustrating the Book of Job. This sheet is no. 20 in the series.
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Butts, Thomas, former owner.
Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron, 1809-1885, former owner.
Crewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Marquis of, 1858-1945, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron, 1809-1885, former owner.
Crewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Marquis of, 1858-1945, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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