The Circle of the Lustful: Paolo and Francesca, by Blake

An image of The Circle of the Lustful: Paolo and Francesca. Inferno V Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Engraving, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 274 mm, width, plate, 354 mm; height, sheet, 393 mm, width, sheet, 570 mm. Copy taken in 1954 from the copper plates in the Lessing J Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Washington.

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The Circle of the Lustful: Paolo and Francesca. Inferno V Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Engraving, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 274 mm, width, plate, 354 mm; height, sheet, 393 mm, width, sheet, 570 mm. Copy taken in 1954 from the copper plates in the Lessing J Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Washington.

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Accession Number: P.57-1957
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 46
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 729 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 240.43kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2014:02:19 13:12:14

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