The Paradise Lost of John Milton with Illustrations by John Martin
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Medium
Illustrations: mezzotint
Dimensions
15 1/2 x 12 1/16 x 2 7/16 in. (39.3 x 30.7 x 6.2 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.40.2
Tags
About the Artist
John Martin|John Milton|Charles Whittingham [the younger]|Septimus Prowett|Chatfield & Coleman · 1789–1854
John Martin (1789–1854) was a British painter and mezzotint engraver whose apocalyptic biblical and historical paintings made him one of the most popular artists in early nineteenth-century Britain. Born in Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, he trained as a heraldic and coach painter before moving to London, where his monumental painting "Belshazzar's Feast" (1820) caused a sensation and established h...