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Summary

William Blake : The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides wikidata:Q7775719 reasonator:Q7775719
Artist
William Blake (1757–1827) wikidata:Q41513 s:en:Author:William Blake q:en:William Blake
William Blake
Alternative names
W. Blake; Uil'iam Bleik; Blake
Description English-British painter, poet, theologian, collector, printmaker and illustrator
Date of birth/death 28 November 1757 Edit this at Wikidata 12 August 1827 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
Work location
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q41513
Title
The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: From Illustrations to Dante's 'Divine Comedy'
Date between circa 1824 and circa 1827
date QS:P571,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1827-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium graphite , ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions height: 372 mm (14.64 in); width: 527 mm (20.74 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,372U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,527U174789
institution QS:P195,Q195436
Current location
not on view
Accession number
N03356
Credit line 1919: purchased by Tate Britian
Inscriptions

recto bottom right in ink:

HELL Canto 13
verso top center in pencil:
N21 next at p.86
Notes
English: Additional information: This image appeared on the English Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 20 November 2008 .
Source/Photographer Tate Britian: Information Direct

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