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CATALOGUE OF BLAKE'S ENGRAVED DESIGNS
*2i. Illustration XVI. “ Thou hast fulfilled the Judgment of the
WickedT
The fall of the Accuser. “ Whenever any individual rejects error,
and embraces truth, a Last Judgment passes upon that individual.”
With Satan are falling headlong two figures, which were interpreted
by Ellis and Yeats as “ Sin and Death.” They are clearly male and
female, and are doubtless rightly identified by Mr. Wicksteed with
the erring selves of Job and his wife, whose evil, having been em-
bodied in experience and recognized, can now be cast out and anni-
hilated. (This recurrent idea of Blake's has a sort of parallel in the
modern methods of psycho-analysis.)
7iX5| in.
See reproduction, Plate 28.
First State : Before imprint and date. There is an outline of cloud
under the text in the upper margin. There is shading under
Satan's head.
Second State : With Linnell's imprint and date. The line in the
upper margin is erased.
Third State : Blake's imprint substituted for Linnell's. The space
under Satan's head is entirely white. The cherubs within the
halo were only introduced in the engraving.
122. Illustration XVII. “ I have heard thee with the hearing of
the Ear, but now my Eye seeth thee."
“ The whirlwind design represented God becoming Man, this
design represents Man becoming God." (Wicksteed.) The scene
is now above the clouds. The three friends cannot see the Divine
Humanity in his glory ; their backs are turned. In the lower margin
is a winged figure, interpreted by Mr. Wicksteed as “ Jerusalem, the
Bride of the Lamb," unfolding scrolls on which are texts affirming
the identity of God and Christ.
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First State : Before imprint and date.
Second State : With Blake's imprint and date. There are now
white rays projecting at intervals from the glory round the
Deity.
123. Illustration XVIII. “ And my servant Job shall pray for you."
Job is now of more than human stature. “ Job, in the very
act of humbling himself as man, is exalted to identity with God.”
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*2i. Illustration XVI. “ Thou hast fulfilled the Judgment of the
WickedT
The fall of the Accuser. “ Whenever any individual rejects error,
and embraces truth, a Last Judgment passes upon that individual.”
With Satan are falling headlong two figures, which were interpreted
by Ellis and Yeats as “ Sin and Death.” They are clearly male and
female, and are doubtless rightly identified by Mr. Wicksteed with
the erring selves of Job and his wife, whose evil, having been em-
bodied in experience and recognized, can now be cast out and anni-
hilated. (This recurrent idea of Blake's has a sort of parallel in the
modern methods of psycho-analysis.)
7iX5| in.
See reproduction, Plate 28.
First State : Before imprint and date. There is an outline of cloud
under the text in the upper margin. There is shading under
Satan's head.
Second State : With Linnell's imprint and date. The line in the
upper margin is erased.
Third State : Blake's imprint substituted for Linnell's. The space
under Satan's head is entirely white. The cherubs within the
halo were only introduced in the engraving.
122. Illustration XVII. “ I have heard thee with the hearing of
the Ear, but now my Eye seeth thee."
“ The whirlwind design represented God becoming Man, this
design represents Man becoming God." (Wicksteed.) The scene
is now above the clouds. The three friends cannot see the Divine
Humanity in his glory ; their backs are turned. In the lower margin
is a winged figure, interpreted by Mr. Wicksteed as “ Jerusalem, the
Bride of the Lamb," unfolding scrolls on which are texts affirming
the identity of God and Christ.
7|X5f in.
First State : Before imprint and date.
Second State : With Blake's imprint and date. There are now
white rays projecting at intervals from the glory round the
Deity.
123. Illustration XVIII. “ And my servant Job shall pray for you."
Job is now of more than human stature. “ Job, in the very
act of humbling himself as man, is exalted to identity with God.”
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