CATALOGUE OF BLAKE’S ENGRAVED DESIGNS

Third State : The white space at the left end of the bank is filled
with a face.

See reproduction, Plate 33.

The drawing, one of the finest and most finished of the series, is in
the Birmingham Gallery.

128. Plate 2. “ Seized on his arm,

And mangled bore away the sinewy part.”

Hell, Canto XXII, 1. 70.

Demons tormenting a sinner (not named by Dante, but said by
early commentators to be a certain Ciampolo) who stands by the lake
of boiling pitch. Libicocco tears his arm with a hook. Graffiacane,
Ciriatto, with tusks like a boar, and other demons look on mocking
at the right.

94 X 13! in.

First State: Some of the flames round the demons are outlined only.

Second State: All the flames are shaded.

See reproduction, Plate 34.

The drawing is in the Melbourne Gaflery.

129. Plate 3. “ So TURNED

His TALONS ON HIS COMRADES.”

Hell, Canto XXII, 1. 135*

The two demons clawing at each other in their furious quarrel as
they fly above the lake of pitch are Calcabrina and Alichino. The
other demons are on the further shore, right. Dante and Virgil
move away in the distance.

9fxi3in.

Unfinished.

The drawing is in the Birmingham Gallery.

130* Plate 4.

Springs forth on me.’

Lo ! A SERPENT WITH SIX FEET

Hell, Canto XXV, 1. 45.

In the circle of the Thieves, Agnello stands with the serpent fasten-
ing on his limbs and with his head in its mouth. Dante and Virgil
stand left. Buoso and Puccio look on right. Serpents glide around,
and flames rise in the background.

9IX13I in.

The drawing is in the Melbourne Gallery.

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