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William Blake
The Goddess of Fortune (1824-1827)
pencil, black chalk, watercolour and ink
52.7 × 37.3 cm (image and sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
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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
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
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
clouds Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) goddesses nudes (representations) sky
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )