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- Title:
- pl. 1: The Circle of the Lustful [' ...and like a corpse fell to the ground' Hell; Canto v. line 137.]
- Date:
- 1827
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove India proof paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/4 × 21 7/16 inches (37.5 × 54.5 cm), Plate: 11 × 14 inches (28 × 35.5 cm), Image: 9 9/16 × 13 3/8 inches (24.3 × 34 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Plate I The Cirlce of the Lustful: Pasts & [?]"; lower right: "Show platemark." | B. 127 III"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.8(1)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3969
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