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Illustrator, b. 1825 - d. 1910

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      • William Blake | Illustrations to the Book of Job, 1825
        Jul. 11, 2024

        William Blake | Illustrations to the Book of Job, 1825

        Est: £20,000 - £30,000

        William Blake Illustrations of the Book of Job. Invented and engraved by William Blake. Published as the Act Directs... by William Blake, 8 March 1825 [but 1826] Folio (438 x 340mm; sheet size c.428 x 325mm), ONE OF 215 "PROOF" COPIES, ONE OF 150 COPIES ON INDIA PAPER affixed to wove paper (support sheets to plates 10, 12, 16, and 19 watermarked "J WHATMAN | TURKEYMILL | 1825"), engraved pictorial title and 21 numbered plates designed and engraved by Blake, each plate marked "Proof", plate no. 1 (Job and his family praising God) misdated "1828", later straight-grained green morocco gilt with Riviere & Sons, spine gilt in compartments, spotting, light scuffing to boards BLAKE'S RENOWNED ENGRAVINGS FOR THE BOOK OF JOB. Blake had completed the designs for what would become his Illustrations for the Book of Job around 1805-1806 for Thomas Butts, a clerk to the commissary general of musters who had by then become Blake's major patron. The publication was not conceived of until ten years later, when John Linnell, hoping to provide his ageing friend with a much-needed income, offered to finance the engraving and printing. The plates were borrowed back from Butts in 1821, and Blake began the arduous task of the engraving. Although the title-page is dated 1825, publication was delayed until 1826, and the date amended on a label pasted to the boards in which the plates were issued. According to Linnell's Job accounts, there were 150 "Proof" copies printed on India paper, 65 French paper "Proofs," and 100 plain copies on "drawing paper" printed after the word "Proof" had been burnished out of the lower right corner of each plate.  LITERATURE: Binyon 105-126; Bindman 625-646; Bentley 421A PROVENANCE: Sotheby's, London, 17 September 2013, lot 1

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      • WILLIAM BLAKE Thou Hast Fulfilled the Judgment of the Wicked.
        Apr. 18, 2024

        WILLIAM BLAKE Thou Hast Fulfilled the Judgment of the Wicked.

        Est: $2,500 - $3,500

        WILLIAM BLAKE Thou Hast Fulfilled the Judgment of the Wicked. Engraving, 1825. 196x161 mm; 7¾x6¼ inches, wide margins. Edition of 215, an early impression with the word "Proof" engraved lower right. Published by the artist and J. Linnell, London. From Illustrations of the Book of Job. A very good impression with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Bindman 640.

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      • WILLIAM BLAKE The Destruction of Job's Sons.
        Apr. 18, 2024

        WILLIAM BLAKE The Destruction of Job's Sons.

        Est: $2,000 - $3,000

        WILLIAM BLAKE The Destruction of Job's Sons. Engraving, 1825. 217x170 mm; 8⅝x6¾ inches, full margins. Edition of 215, an early impression with the word "Proof" engraved lower right. Published by the artist and J. Linnell, London. From Illustrations of the Book of Job. A very good, richly-inked impression with strong contrasts. Bindman 628.

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      • William Blake Engraving, Job's Despair, c. 1825
        Jul. 08, 2023

        William Blake Engraving, Job's Despair, c. 1825

        Est: $800 - $900

        William Blake (England, 1757-1827) engraving on wove India paper, with the word Proof engraved in the plate, lower right, from the series "Illustrations of the Book of Job," circa 1825. With text and imagery from Job 3:1-4, depicting Job raising his arms while surrounded by kneeling figures with bowed heads. Housed under plexiglass and in a wooden frame with white mat, plastic cover, and old gallery or dealer's tag affixed en verso to backing. Plate: 8 1/2" H x 6 5/8" W. Sheet: 17" H x 12 3/4" W. Frame: 23 1/2" H x 19 1/2" W. Ref.: Bindman 633/Binyon 113 ii/ii. Note: "John Linnell, who had commissioned the second set of watercolor illustrations to the Book of Job in 1821, entered into a formal agreement with Blake for the engravings on 25 March 1823...The agreement was for twenty engravings though in the event twenty-one subjects were engraved together with a title page. On 5 March 1825 Linnell went with Blake to the printer J. Lahee to see proofs being taken. The series is dated 8 March 1825 but the final engravings do not seem actually to have been ready until the end of March 1826 (Bentley 1969, pp.277, 300 and 327). At this time 215 sets of engravings marked 'Proof' were issued; these should be distinguished from the working proofs, on some of which Blake tried out designs for the borders. The word 'Proof' was then deleted and a further 100 sets were printed on drawing paper. According to John Linnell Jr, writing to Bernard Quaritch on 6 May 1892, Linnell, after the 1826 printing, 'put the plates away, & they were never again used after this time until the year 1874. At this time my father...had one hundred copies printed from the plates upon India paper.'" (Courtesy of Tate Britain)

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      • WILLIAM BLAKE And When They Lifted Up Their Eyes Afar Off.
        Mar. 10, 2022

        WILLIAM BLAKE And When They Lifted Up Their Eyes Afar Off.

        Est: $2,500 - $3,500

        WILLIAM BLAKE And When They Lifted Up Their Eyes Afar Off. Engraving on Chine collé, 1825. 217x170 mm; 8 3/4x6 3/4 inches, full margins. Edition of 215, an early impression with the word "Proof" engraved lower right. Published by the artist and J. Linnell, London. From Illustrations of the Book of Job. A superb, richly-inked impression with strong contrasts. Bindman 631.

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      • WILLIAM BLAKE Everyone also Gave him Money.
        May. 21, 2020

        WILLIAM BLAKE Everyone also Gave him Money.

        Est: $1,500 - $2,500

        WILLIAM BLAKE Everyone also Gave him Money. Engraving on Chine collé, 1825. 217x170 mm; 8 1/2x6 5/8 inches, full margins. Edition of 215, with the word "Proof" engraved in the plate lower right. Published by the artist and J. Linnell, London. From Illustrations of the Book of Job. A superb, richly-inked and early impression with very strong contrasts. Bindman 644.

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      • WILLIAM BLAKE And My Servant Job Shall Pray for You.
        Apr. 28, 2016

        WILLIAM BLAKE And My Servant Job Shall Pray for You.

        Est: $2,000 - $3,000

        WILLIAM BLAKE And My Servant Job Shall Pray for You. Engraving on Chine collé, 1825. 220x172 mm; 8 5/8x6 3/4 inches, full margins. Edition of 215. Published by the artist and J. Linnell, London. From Illustrations of the Book of Job. A superb, dark impression with very strong contrasts. Bindman 643.

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      • WILLIAM BLAKE ENGRAVING. 1825. PLATE #7 FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. HAS FOXING. 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 INCHES.
        Oct. 16, 2015

        WILLIAM BLAKE ENGRAVING. 1825. PLATE #7 FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. HAS FOXING. 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 INCHES.

        Est: $750 - $1,500

        WILLIAM BLAKE ENGRAVING. 1825. PLATE #7 FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. HAS FOXING. 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 INCHES.

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      • WILLIAM BLAKE ENGRAVING. 1825. PLATE #19 FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. HAS FOXING. 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 INCHES.
        Oct. 16, 2015

        WILLIAM BLAKE ENGRAVING. 1825. PLATE #19 FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. HAS FOXING. 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 INCHES.

        Est: $750 - $1,500

        WILLIAM BLAKE ENGRAVING. 1825. PLATE #19 FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. HAS FOXING. 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 INCHES.

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      • WILLIAM BLAKE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOOK OF JOB (BINDMAN 625-646)
        Jun. 28, 1994

        WILLIAM BLAKE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOOK OF JOB (BINDMAN 625-646)

        Est: $3,093 - $4,640

        Engravings, 1825, the titlepage and set of 21 plates, very good, clear impressions from the posthumous edition of 100 printed in 1874, on India applique, with wide margins, the titlepage heavily foxed, plates 1-4, 10, 17-21 with some foxing in the image, the remainder of the plates with foxing in the margins but outside the images, the sheets loose in original brown paper portfolio with letterpress title 'The Book of Job by William Blake' on the front (22) Each circa 212 by 163 mm; 8*3/5 by 6 1/2 in.

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