William BLAKE

The Stygian Lake, with the Ireful Sinners fighting
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno VII, 106-26)

Medium

pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and traces of black chalk with sponging

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

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and traces of black chalk with sponging

Measurements

52.7 × 37.1 cm (image and sheet)

Place/s of Execution

London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné

Butlin 812.15; Butlin & Gott 8

Inscription

inscribed in pencil HELL Stygian Lake (...illeg.) Canto 7 (erased)
overinscribed in pencil on previous inscription The Stygian Lake
inscribed in pen and ink over pencil HELL Canto 7
inscribed in pencil on reverse 6
inscribed in pencil on reverse No 4 next at p 49
inscribed in pencil on reverse HELL Canto 3

Accession Number

992-3

Department

International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Literary and Text Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)

beards Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) fighting lakes (bodies of water) purgatory sin (religious concept) souls

Movements

Romanticism (modern European styles )

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William BLAKE

The Stygian Lake, with the Ireful Sinners fighting
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno VII, 106-26)