Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd

  • Pencil
  • 8 1/16 × 9 11/16 inches · 204 × 246 mm
  • A newly discovered double-sided sheet of drawings.
    Recto: Job and his family.
    Verso: Studies for ‘America: A Prophecy’ and other drawings.

Collections

  • Charles Augustus Tulk, acquired from the artist, possibly in 1816;
  • Louisa Susanna Ley (née Tulk), daughter of the above (1819-1848);
  • James Peard Ley (1807-1885), husband of the above;
  • James Verchild Ley, son of the above;
  • James Richard Ley, by direct descent, 2010;
  • And by descent, 2012. 

Literature

  • Robert N. Essick, ‘Blake in the Marketplace, 2011’, Blake, an Illustrated Quarterly, vol. XLV, no.4, Spring 2012, p.109.

Private collection, USA