# The Book of Job: Pl. 9, Then a Spirit passed before my face / the hair of my flesh stood up

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.j>)

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

## Image

![A luminous standing spirit appears above a reclining figure and startled companions.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-9319ee19f93a2b92/full.jpg?v=e55e2418df0097e414ce40f5821ea89ce30a10c24313e78e309f2fb7a22f39e0>)

## Sources & credits

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

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