The Circle of the Traitors; Dante's Foot Striking Bocca degli Abbate. Inferno, canto XXXII

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

William Blake

Title

The Circle of the Traitors; Dante's Foot Striking Bocca degli Abbate. Inferno, canto XXXII

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: 23.4 × 33.9 cm (9 1/4 × 13 3/8 in.); Plate: 27.3 × 35.2 cm (10 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 39.5 × 53.7 cm (15 9/16 × 21 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth D. McCormick

Reference Number

1929.330

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