Book Title: Dante's Inferno; Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A. from the original of Dante Alighieri, and illustrated with the designs of M. Gustave Doré.

Author: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

Image Title: Ugolino Takes Revenge on Ruggieri

Description: Dante and Virgil come upon the shade of Count Ugolino della Gherardesca gnawing viciously on the head of Archbishop Ruggieri. Ruggieri had Ugolino and his family imprisoned within a tower in Pisa where he let them all starve to death. The engraver, Charles Maurand (active 19th c), has placed his signature at the bottom left, while the artist Gustave Doré (1832-1888) has placed his signature at the bottom right.

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