Antique Master Print-PARADISE-LOST-COURTS-OF-GOD-John Martin-1825

‘DESIGNED & ENGRAVED BY J. MARTIN ESQ. BOOK 3. LINE 365.’

– Mezzotint titled ‘The Courts of God’. A vast celestial vision of heaven, centered around a radiant divine court set on elevated structures, from which beams of divine light stream. Angels in the foreground observe in awe as the courts unfold across a cosmic horizon.

Description

Medium: Mezzotint on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 28 x 18 cm (11.02 x 7.09 inch). Image size: 21 x 15 cm. (8.27 x 5.91 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Toning from previous matting. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JOHN MARTIN, PARADISE LOST, MILTON, MEZZOTINT, RELIGIOUS PRINT, 19TH CENTURY, BRITISH PRINT, THE COURTS OF GOD, CELESTIAL SCENE | EXPO-ENGLISH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Paradise Lost of Milton, with illustrations by John Martin, published by Septimus Prowett, London, 1825.

Reference: V&A accession no. E.581-1968.

Biography engraver: John Martin (1789-1854), British Romantic painter and mezzotint engraver, known for dramatic Biblical landscapes and apocalyptic visions.