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Dante's Foot striking Bocca degli Abbate, by Blake

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An image of The Circle of the Traitors: Dante's Foot striking Bocca degli Abbate. Inferno, Canto XXXII Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Engraving, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 274 mm, width, plate, 353 mm; height, sheet, 317 mm, width, sheet, 402 mm, designed 1827. Progress proof. Plate 7 to Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy.

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The Circle of the Traitors: Dante's Foot striking Bocca degli Abbate. Inferno, Canto XXXII Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Engraving, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 274 mm, width, plate, 353 mm; height, sheet, 317 mm, width, sheet, 402 mm, designed 1827. Progress proof. Plate 7 to Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy.

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  • Accession Number: P.816-R
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/18.0
  • Focal length: 35
  • Camera: NIKON D800
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 718 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
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  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 18/1
  • Captured: 2014:02:18 17:21:33

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