Sketch for 'The Angel crossing the Styx', by William Blake

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Sketch for 'The Angel crossing the Styx'. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Graphite on paper, height 235 mm, width 285 mm, circa 1824-1827.

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Accession Number: PD.184-1985
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 859 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 75.14kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 18/1
Captured: 2014:02:18 17:16:36

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19th Century angels Blake British School Dante Dante's Inferno Divine Comedy drawing Fitz_PDP hell inferno print river sketch Styx William Blake

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