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The Souls of Those who only repented at the Point of Death

The Souls of Those who only repented at the Point of Death
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio V, 37-57 and VI, 28-48)

Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk

Measurements
37.2 × 52.7 cm (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 812.75; Butlin & Gott 30

Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: P-g canto 5 & 6
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 51
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.c.: N 34 next at p 83
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse c.: N 34 next at p 83 (erased)
inscribed in pencil on reverse r. edge: Hell Canto 21

Accession Number
1015-3

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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