# The Book of Job: Pl. 12, I am Young and ye are very Old wherefore I was afraid

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/1968.260.m>)

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

## Image

![A young man addresses a seated group of elders beneath a field of stars.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-5921c95599b8cb0a/full.jpg?v=f325f95678c440f8ff0a5f6a38caa6bec4b18d87c9dd74ab799d9abb225e93d6>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968.260.m. Gift of Edgar A. Hahn. CC0 Open Access.
- Gift of Edgar A. Hahn
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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