William BLAKE
The Circle of the Traitors. Dante's Foot striking Bocca dei Abbati
1826-1827; printed 1968
illustration to The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXXII, 77-89)

Medium
engraving on Japanese paper

Measurements
23.6 × 33.8 cm (image) 27.6 × 35.4 cm (plate) 38.1 × 46.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1968

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bindman 1978, 653; Butlin & Gott 50g.ii

Edition
ed. 21/25, 4th of 4 states

Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald.
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp 68

Accession Number
1835.7-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) ice (water by form) lakes (bodies of water) punishing souls traitors vice (culture-related concept)

Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)

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The Circle of the Thieves. Agnello dei Brunelleschi attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent

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The Circle of the Thieves. Buoso dei Donati attacked by the Serpent

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William BLAKE
The Circle of the Traitors. Dante's Foot striking Bocca dei Abbati
1826-1827; printed 1968
illustration to The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXXII, 77-89)

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William BLAKE The Circle of the Traitors. Dante's Foot striking Bocca dei Abbati 1826-1827; printed 1968 illustration to The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXXII, 77-89)

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William BLAKE
The Circle of the Traitors. Dante's Foot striking Bocca dei Abbati
1826-1827; printed 1968
illustration to The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXXII, 77-89)