4.23.2009

William Blake's - Dante Hell V




I came across Blake's water colours latley. Some very interesting work. Here's two.

The commission for Dante's Divine Comedy came to Blake in 1826 through Linnell, with the ultimate aim of producing a series of engravings. Blake's death in 1827 would cut short the enterprise, and only a handful of the watercolours were completed, with only seven of the engravings arriving at proof form.

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