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The Devils tormenting Ciampolo, by Blake

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An image of The Circle of the Corrupt Officials: The Devils tormenting Ciampolo. Inferno, Canto XXII 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, designed 1827. Copy taken in 1954 from the copper plates in the Lessing J Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Washington. Plate 7 to Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy.

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The Circle of the Corrupt Officials: The Devils tormenting Ciampolo. Inferno, Canto XXII 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, designed 1827. Copy taken in 1954 from the copper plates in the Lessing J Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Washington. Plate 7 to Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy.

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  • Accession Number: P.58-1957
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 46
  • Camera: NIKON D800
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 735 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 203.69kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2014:02:19 13:13:12

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