Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy (The Inferno)

William Blake, Plate 1, The Circle of the Lustful, Canto 5, from Dante’s Divine ComedyWilliam Blake, Plate 1, The Circle of the Lustful, Canto 5, from Dante’s Divine Comedy, 1827. Engraving on India proof paper. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

William Blake, Plate 3, The Circle of the Corrupt Officials, Canto 22, from Dante’s Divine ComedyWilliam Blake, Plate 3, The Circle of the Corrupt Officials, Canto 22, from Dante’s Divine Comedy, 1827. Engraving on India proof paper. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy (The Inferno)
1827
William Blake
British, 1757–1827
Engravings on India proof paper
14 3/4 × 21 7/16 in. (37.5 × 54.5 cm)
B1992.8.8(1) and B1992.8.8(3)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection