The Book of Job: Pl. 3, Thy Sons and thy Daughters were eating and drinking Wine in their / eldest Brothers house

William Blake

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white illustration on beige background. A rectangular frame contains an illustration of a muscular man with wings. The man has large wings on his back and is muscular. He is holding a beam. The beam appears to have fallen. There are people under the beam. The people appear to be dead or dying. There are flames in the background. There are clouds in the background. There are words written around the top of the frame. There are words written below the frame. The words around the top of the frame say 'The Fire of God is' on the left and 'Fallen from Heaven' on the right. The words below the frame say 'Thy Sons & thy Daughters were eating & drinking Wine in their eldest Brothers house & behold there came a great wind from the Wilderness & smote upon the four faces of the house & it fell upon the young Men & they are Dead'. The words are in a decorative font. The image is bordered by a thin line. The border has decorative elements. The decorative elements are leaves. The image has a number in the top right corner, '3'. The image has a publication notice at the bottom. The publication notice says 'London, Published as the Act directs March 1825 by Will. Blake 47.3 Fountain Court Strand'. The image has a signature at the bottom. The signature says 'W. Blake invet. & sculpt'.