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Behold now Behemoth which I made with thee,
1825
William Blake, 1757–1827; born and died London, England
x1941-127 o
Information
Title
Behold now Behemoth which I made with thee
Dates
1825
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 21.8 × 17 cm (8 9/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
sheet: 37.5 x 27.2 cm. (14 3/4 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1941-127 o
Place Made
Europe, England, London
Inscription
Numbered in plate, upper right corner: 15
Scripture inscribed in plate around image
Signed in plate, lower right: W Blake inv & sculp
Inscribed below plate, center: London. Published as the Act directs March 8: 1825, by Will Blake N 3 Fountain Court Strand
Reference Numbers
Bindman 640; Binyon 120 ii; Russell xvi
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- Archibald George Blomefield Russell, The Engravings of William Blake (London: G. Richards, Ltd., 1912)., no. 36
- Laurence Binyon, The Drawings and Engravings of William Blake (London: The Studio, Ltd., 1922).
- Laurence Binyon, The Engraved Designs of William Blake (London: E. Benn, Ltd., 1926)., no. 135 ii
- Laurence Binyon and Geoffrey Keynes, Illustrations of the book of Job by William Blake; being all the water-colour designs, pencil drawings and engravings reproduced in facsimile (New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935).
- David Bindman, The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake (London: Thames and Hudson, 1978)., no. 645
