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The Book of Job: Pl. 5, Then went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord

William Blake

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a black and white illustration on a beige background. The illustration is framed by a border of intertwining vines and plants. Inside the border, there is a large rectangle with a smaller rectangle inside it. The inner rectangle contains an illustration of a bearded man sitting on a block, with a woman to his left and two figures to his right. A figure with wings and a long robe is flying above them. Multiple figures are emerging from the top and sides of the inner rectangle. The top of the outer rectangle contains curved text. The bottom of the outer rectangle contains straight text that reads, "Then went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord". The bottom also features illustrations of snakes.

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