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Plate VI: The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering Their Noses because of the Stench, illustration to Dante's Divine Comedy (Inferno, canto XXIX)

William Blake (British, 1757–1827)

Plate VI: The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering Their Noses because of the Stench, illustration to Dante’s Divine Comedy (Inferno, canto XXIX)

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Title

Plate VI: The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering Their Noses because of the Stench, illustration to Dante's Divine Comedy (Inferno, canto XXIX)

Artist/Maker

William Blake (British, 1757–1827)

Date

1827

Medium

Engraving on paper

Dimensions

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Credit

Gift of Jesse Isidor and Herbert N. and Percy Straus

Accession #

49.8

Location

Currently not on view