Name: Antique Master Print-PARADISE-LOST-RIVERS-OF-BLISS-John Martin-1825
SKU: PICTURA-06988
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Antique Master Print-PARADISE-LOST-RIVERS-OF-BLISS-John Martin-1825

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‘J. MARTIN 1824. DESIGNED & ENGRAVED BY J. MARTIN ESQ. BOOKS 11. LINE 78.’

– Mezzotint titled ‘Heaven – the Rivers of Bliss’. Sublime Biblical scene depicting heaven as a luminous landscape traversed by divine rivers, with angels in the foreground.

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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, HEAVEN, RIVERS OF BLISS, 19TH CENTURY PRINTS, BIBLICAL ART, MEZZOTINT, ROMANTIC SUBLIME, PICTURA-06988 | 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.588-1968.

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