Canto IV/4: Vices of the Flesh

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

This image recalls the allegorical leopard of Canto I, symbolising the vices of the flesh (CARO in Latin), referred to only by his coat so reminding the reader that the first section of Hell is reserved for the superficial sins of appetite and self-indulgence.