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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, The Serpent Attacking Buoso Donati (Plate 5), 1827
- Title:
- The Serpent Attacking Buoso Donati (Plate 5)
- Additional Title(s):
- '...He ey'd the serpent and the serpent him.' Hell; Canto XXV, Line 82
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1827
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving with chine-collé on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 3/8 × 21 1/2 inches (39 × 54.6 cm), Plate: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (27.6 × 35.2 cm), Image: 9 7/16 × 13 1/4 inches (24 × 33.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "The Circle of the Thieves | Plate V Buoso attacked by a Serpent."; lower right: "B.131 only state."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.8(5)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3974
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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