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The Schismatics and Sowers of Discord: Mohammed
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXVIII, 19-42)
Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and traces of black chalk
Measurements
37.3 × 52.7 cm (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 812.56; Butlin & Gott 23
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: WB / HELL Canto 28
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 17
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.c.: No 9 next at p 18
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.c.: No 9 next at p 18 (erased in centre)
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.r.: One of the Whirlwinds of love
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: Hell Canto 5 / Paulo and Francesca
Accession Number
1008-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
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