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The Book of Job: Pl. 20, There were not found Women fair as the Daughters of Job / in all the Land

William Blake

Cleveland Museum of Art

An illustration of Job sitting on a rocky outcropping with his three daughters beside him. The illustration is surrounded by a decorative border with leaves and vines. The image has a caption below with four lines of text: "There were not found Women fair as the Daughters of Job / in all the Land & their Father gave them Inheritance / among their Brethren." Above the illustration are two lines of text: "How precious are thy thoughts / unto me O God how great is the sum of them." The bottom of the illustration includes two additional lines of text cut off. The background of the image is aged paper with darker spots and a cream color. The overall image is done in black and white. The image depicts a scene from "The Book of Job".

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719 × 893 px
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