Canto II/1: Virgil in his Study 

Silkscreen page proof approved by the artist and signed / initialled by him, taken from the original Talford Press edition of 185, printed on 100% rag, acid-free Inveresk (Somerset) paper 

page size 39.5 x 31 cm

1979 – 1983

The image shows Virgil poised over the book of his Works, his face without features because no authoritative likeness exists, but lent Tom Phillips's hands, drawn from life.