Antique Master Print-PARADISE-LOST-SATAN-BURNING-LAKE-HELL-John Martin-1825

Antique Master Print-PARADISE-LOST-SATAN-BURNING-LAKE-HELL-John Martin-1825

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‘DESIGNED & ENGRAVED BY J. MARTIN ESQ. BOOK 1. LINE 192’

– Mezzotint titled ‘Satan on the Burning Lake’. Showing Satan and Beelzebub cast into the burning lake of Hell. The dark cavernous abyss and whirling flames emphasize the chaos and grandeur of the scene.

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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, SATAN, BURNING LAKE, HELL, MEZZOTINT, BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATION, ROMANTICISM, APOCALYPTIC ART, 19TH CENTURY ENGRAVING | 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.576-1968.

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

Additional information

Dimensions 18 × 28 × 1 cm

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