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Agnolo Brunelleschi attacked by a six-footed serpent, by Blake

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An image of The Circle of the Thieves: Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent. Inferno, Canto XXV. Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Engraving, black carbon ink on paper, height 406 mm, width 561 mm. Modern reproduction. Plate 4 to Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy, published by John Linnell in 1838; reproducing same state as P.813-R.

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The Circle of the Thieves: Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent. Inferno, Canto XXV. Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Engraving, black carbon ink on paper, height 406 mm, width 561 mm. Modern reproduction. Plate 4 to Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy, published by John Linnell in 1838; reproducing same state as P.813-R.

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  • Accession Number: P.745-1985
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/18.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: NIKON D800
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 759 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 239.17kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 18/1
  • Captured: 2014:02:18 17:15:15

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