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William Blake
The Vestibule of Hell and the Souls mustering to cross the Acheron (1824-1827)
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, with sponging and traces of gum or glair
52.7 × 37.1 cm (image and sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
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The Vestibule of Hell and the Souls mustering to cross the Acheron
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno III, 22-83)
Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, with sponging and traces of gum or glair
Measurements
52.7 × 37.1 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 812.5; Butlin & Gott, 4
Inscription
inscribed in brush and ink (in image) l.l.: HELL Canto 3 WB
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: 7
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: No 30 next at p 64
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.: No 30 next at p 64 (erased)
Accession Number
989-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
damned (people) Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) fire (physical concept) hell (doctrinal concept) purgatory rivers serpents (general, animals) souls
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )