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Buoso Donati attacked by the Serpent, by Blake

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An image of Print Album. The Circle of the Thieves: Buoso Donati attacked by the Serpent. Inferno, Canto XXV. Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Engraving, black carbon ink, chine collé, height, plate, 282 mm, width, plate, 355 mm; height, sheet, 404 mm, width, sheet, 559 mm, designed 1827. Plate 5 to Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy, published by John Linnell in 1838.

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Print Album. The Circle of the Thieves: Buoso Donati attacked by the Serpent. Inferno, Canto XXV. Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Engraving, black carbon ink, chine collé, height, plate, 282 mm, width, plate, 355 mm; height, sheet, 404 mm, width, sheet, 559 mm, designed 1827. Plate 5 to Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy, published by John Linnell in 1838.

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  • Accession Number: P.92-2005 (5)
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/18.0
  • Focal length: 44
  • Camera: NIKON D800
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 787 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 192.75kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 18/1
  • Captured: 2014:02:18 16:21:56

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