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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
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
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)
cliffs Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) nudes (representations) oceans sky souls Virgil
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )