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The Demons Tormenting Ceampolo,

Plate 2 from the set of engraved illustrations, Dante’s Inferno

Engraving on linen-fiber paper

Second state

Print impression quality: Excellent

Dimensions (Plate): 238 x 336 mm (9.4 x 13.2 in.)

Watermark: Linen fiber made in England

Edition: Restrike from plate in the Rosenwald collection at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (plate 2)

Accession number: 1973.20.5.2

Anonymous gift, 1973

Dante’s Inferno, Canto XXII, 1.70: “Seized on his arm / And mangled bore away the sinewy part”

Bibliography: Binyon 128; The Engraved Designs of William Blake (1926).

Work Type: print

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• literature (writings)
• nudes
• restrikes
• demons
• torment

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