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The Goddess of Fortune

The Goddess of Fortune
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno VII, 25-96)

Medium
pencil, black chalk, watercolour and ink

Measurements
52.7 × 37.3 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Butlin 812.16; Butlin & Gott 7

Inscription
inscribed in pencil (in image) c.: Celestial Globe (partly erased)
inscribed in pencil (in image) c.: Terrestial Globe (partly erased)
inscribed in pencil (in image) c.: The hole of a Shithouse / The Goddess Fortune is the devils Servant ready to Kiss any ones Arse
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: HELL Canto 7
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Hell (…illeg.)
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: 55
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: No 19 next at p 80
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.r. edge: HELL Canto 12

Accession Number
993-3

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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