# The Book of Job: No. 8, Let the Day perish wherin I was born

By [William Blake](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/william-blake.md>), 1825.

## Details

- Medium: engraving
- Collection: [Cleveland Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-36a1fc18d246201d.md>)

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.573>)

- Categories: Print, Works on Paper
- Styles: [Romanticism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/romanticism.md>)

## Image

![A seated man lifts his arms between bowed companions beneath a divided dark sky.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-090af5af234ab953/full.jpg?v=a8acbaa82c30324fc37f998cf9bebec24fdce548b6499e8ab476e74391208c55>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1930.573. Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund. CC0 Open Access.
- Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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