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Watercolour - The Proud Under their Enormous Loads
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© Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
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Basic Information | | Accession Number: | 1919P5 |
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| Collection: | Fine Art Prints and Drawings |
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| Date: | 1824 - 1827 |
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Maker Information | | Artist: | William Blake - View biography for William Blake |
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Notes | The scene refers to Dante's 'Divine Comedy: Purgatory Canto 10, which devotes itself to the punishment of the proud. Here various individuals carry their loads up a steep path with stairs while Dante and Virgil observe their flight, asking for directions in the next stage of their own descent of the mountain. | | Presented by the Trustees of the Public Picture Gallery Fund, with assistance from the National Art Collections Fund and the Feeney Trust, 1919. |
Further Information | | Production Period: | 19th century |
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| Medium: | Watercolour with pen and ink over pencil. |
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| Material(s): | Watercolour |
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Associated People | | Dimensions | | Height: | 524 mm |
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| Width: | 370 mm |
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