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Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord

William Blake
1757-1827

Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord

10 9/16 x 8 7/8 inches (269 x 225 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash, and watercolor, over graphite, on paper.
2001.67

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
One of twenty-one original drawings executed for Thomas Butts, ca. 1805-10, illustrating the Book of Job. This sheet is no. 5 in the series.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and black ink at lower right, "inv / WB".
Associated names
Butts, Thomas, 1759-1846, 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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department