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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
Printmaker: Blake, William
History note: John Linnell; by descent to Mrs T.H. Riches
T.H. Riches died in 1935. Bequest received in 1950 on the death of his wife.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950-10) by Riches, Thomas Henry
Production date: AD 1827
Plate 4 to Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy
Progress proof taken by Blake himself, printed on ordinary paper. The abdomen of Agnolo Brunelleschi and of the figure to the right are before the addition of further modelling.
Support
composed of
paper
Plate
Height 278 mm
Width 352 mm
Sheet
Height 293 mm
Width 435 mm
Accession number: P.58-1950
Primary reference Number: 855
Bindman: 650
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Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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