The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses Because of the Stench. Inferno, canto XXIX

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

William Blake

Title

The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses Because of the Stench. Inferno, canto XXIX

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1827

Medium

Hand-colored engraving on India paper, laid down on wove paper (chine collé)

Dimensions

Image: 24 × 33.8 cm (9 1/2 × 13 5/16 in.); Plate: 27.2 × 35.4 cm (10 3/4 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 39.4 × 53.9 cm (15 9/16 × 21 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth D. McCormick

Reference Number

1929.327

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