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The complaint of Job, by William Blake

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An image of The Complaint of Job: 'What is man that Thou Shouldst Try him every Moment?' Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Second state, line engraving, black carbon ink on wove paper, plate height 460 mm, plate width 540 mm, sheet height 496 mm, sheet width 674 mm, circa 1804.

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The Complaint of Job: 'What is man that Thou Shouldst Try him every Moment?' Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Second state, line engraving, black carbon ink on wove paper, plate height 460 mm, plate width 540 mm, sheet height 496 mm, sheet width 674 mm, circa 1804.

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  • Accession Number: P.3-1953
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 873 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 234.82kB
  • Exposure time: 1/90
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1

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19th Century aged bearded beards biblical Blake Book of Job British School complaining complaint crying elderly engraving Fitz_PDP grief Job male man old old man Old Testament ordeal print sorrow supplicant supplication torment trial weeping William Blake

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