William Blake
1757-1827
The Wrath of Elihu
8 7/8 x 11 1/16 inches (226 x 281 mm)
Pen and black and gray ink, gray wash, and watercolor, over faint indications in pencil, on paper.
2001.74
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. 12 in the series.
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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.
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.
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