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Forese's Elevation, Purgatorio Canto 23, Plate 27

Maker

(artist)
1755-1826

(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)

(publisher)

Title

Forese's Elevation, Purgatorio Canto 23, Plate 27

Date of Production

01/05/1807

Medium

Engraving, black ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 16 cm
Width: 21 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4273.55

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Sheet, recto: upper centre margin, black ink: FORESE'S ELEVATION.; upper right corner, black ink: 27; lower centre margin, black ink: Nella Forese / LA NELLA MIA COL SUO PIANGER DIROTTO. / CON SUO PRIEGHI DEVOTI, E CON SOSPIRI / HER MEEK ORAISONS, [ampersand] HER FALLING TEARS / TRATTO M'HA DE LA COSTA, OVE S'ASPETTA. / HAVE SPED MY PASSAGE THRO' THE NETHER SPHERES. / Purgatorio Canto 23. Sheet, recto: lower centre margin, black print: J. FLAXMAN

Stamp: Sheet, recto: centre right margin, black ink stamp: WITT/ LIBRARY

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