Datei:The number of the beast is 666 Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library.jpg

Title: The Number of the Beast is 666 object 1 Butlin 522 Origination: William Blake inventor, delineator, colorist Origination: Anonymousdelineator. The inscriptions on the mount above and below the design, available under Related Works in the Archive, are not by Blake. They could not have been written before 1846, the earliest known date for the production of the paper on which the inscriptions are written. The identity of the calligrapher who wrote the inscriptions is not known. Publisher: William Blake Date of Composition: c. 1805 Present Location and Contact Information

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Editors: Morris Eaves, Robert Essick, Joseph Viscomi

   Note: Information below pertains to the source file for the in-line 100 dpi and the enlarged 300 dpi JPEG (ISO/IEC 10918) images that are displayed in the Archive after having been individually color-corrected in Adobe Photoshop by the editors. The source files themselves are in TIFF format and are retained by the Archive's editors. Image Production Information

  Film Stock: Kodak Ectachrome EPY
  Generation: first
  Institution: Rosenbach Museum and Library
  Shoot Date: January 19, 2012
  Film Type: color positive
  Source Dimensions
     Width:  33.5 cm
     Height:  41.2 cm
  Date Scanned: January 19, 2012
  Scanning Technician: Joseph Viscomi
  Scanned from: 4x5 transparency
  Hardware: Microtek Scanmaker 5
  Software: Scan Wizard Pro 7.62
  File Information
     File Name:  BUT522.1.1.WC.300.tif
     File Size:  479.5 megabytes
     File Format:  TIFF
  Color Setting: 24-bit color
  Orientation: portrait
  Color Correction Turned On: yes
  Scanner Setting: manual
  Image Scaling Information
     Input Dimensions
        Width:  12.0 cm
        Height:  9.2 cm
     Scaling:  515
     Output Dimensions
        Width:  48.29 cm
        Height:  62.2 cm
     Scanner Resolution:  600
     Final Resolution:  300
  Aspect Setting: free
  Catalogue no. 1954.0011

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