DrawingsBritish19th century
Thy Sons and Daughters Were Eating and Drinking Wine (The Book of Job)
1821
Artists
William BlakeArtist
Dimensions
29.2 × 22.4 cm (11 1/2 × 8 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Commissioned from the artist by John Linnell, 1821, sold through his sale [Christie's, London, March 15, 1918, as part of lot 149]; to Frank T. Sabin. Gabriel Wells, New York, by 1921, sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1922, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
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