Lot 181: William Charles Thomas Dobson (German, 1817-1898)

'The Prosperous Days of Job'
watercolour
36.5 x 30.5 cm.

London, Royal Academy, 1856, no. 532.

'Oh that I were as in months past,
at the time when God was watching over me,
when his lamp shone above my head,
and by its light I walked through the darkness!
If I could be as in the days of my prime,
when God protected my home,
while the Almighty was still there at my side,
and my servants stood round me,
while my path flowed with milk,
and the rocks streamed oil.'

Job xxix.