Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, with sponging
Measurements
37.2 × 52.7 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Butlin 812.31; Butlin & Gott 14
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: HELL Canto 17 (altered from 16)
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 44
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: N 17 next at p 84
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.: N 17 next at p 84 (erased)
inscribed in pencil on reverse r. edge: Hell Canto 10
Accession Number
999-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
damned (people) Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) fire (physical concept) giants (mythical beings) hell (doctrinal concept) monsters (legendary beings) purgatory souls
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )