William BLAKE

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

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 black chalk, with sponging and traces of gum or glair

Measurements

52.7 × 37.1 cm (image and sheet)

Place/s of Execution

London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné

Butlin 812.5; Butlin & Gott, 4

Inscription

inscribed in brush and ink (in image) HELL Canto 3 WB
inscribed in pencil on reverse 7
inscribed in pencil on reverse No 30 next at p 64
inscribed in pencil on reverse No 30 next at p 64 (erased)

Accession Number

989-3

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)

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 )

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William BLAKE

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)