The Circle of the Corrupt Officials; the Devils Tormenting Ciampolo. Inferno, canto XXII
William Blake · 1827, printed c. 1892 · Hand-colored engraving on India paper, laid down on wove paper (chine collé)
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About this picture
The Circle of the Corrupt Officials; the Devils Tormenting Ciampolo. Inferno, canto XXII is a public-domain illustration by William Blake, dated 1827, printed c. 1892. Hand-colored engraving on India paper, laid down on wove paper (chine collé). The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Circle of the Corrupt Officials; the Devils Tormenting Ciampolo. Inferno, canto XXII” (1827, printed c. 1892) belongs with Blake’s printed visions. He usually etched the plate himself and often printed it in small numbers for his own books.
About the artist
William Blake (1757–1827) was an English poet and printmaker. In his illuminated books he wrote the text and etched the pictures himself. The images are visions, not records of a place.
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