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Title: Compositions by John Flaxman, Sculptor, R.A., from the Divine Poem of Dante Alighieri, containing Hell, Purgatory and Paradise with quotations from the Italian and translations from the version of the Reverend H. Boyd
Designer:
John Flaxman (British, York 1755–1826 London)
Engraver:
Tommaso Piroli (Italian, Rome 1752–1824 Rome)
Author:
Dante Alighieri (Italian, Florence ca. 1265–1321 Ravenna)
Translator:
Henry Boyd (Anglo-Irish, Antrim, Northern Ireland 1748/49–1832 Down, Northern Ireland)
Publisher:
Robert Harding Evans (British, 1778–1857) , active London
Publisher:
John and Arthur Arch (London)
Publisher:
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown
Publisher:
William Miller (British, 1769–1844)
Published in: London
Date: 1807
Medium: Illustrations: line engraving
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 17 1/2 x 1 7/16 in. (28.5 x 44.5 x 3.6 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Harvey Smith, 1977
Object Number: 1977.595.52
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