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Engraving of a seated bearded man, Job, surrounded by three figures reaching toward him, with a small figure at left and a ruin under a dark rocky hill.

Job Rebuked by His Friends, William Blake 1825

An engraved plate showing the seated, bearded figure of Job at center, wrapped in drapery, while three friends lean in and gesture toward him from behind and beside him. A small figure at left covers his face beside a ruined stone structure under a dark, rocky hillside. Verse text fills the panels above and below the image.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1825
Medium
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Size
3170 × 4000 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1825; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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