View on the River Wye, Looking towards Chepstow
1844
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and touches of oil paint (?) over graphite with scraping out, heightened with varnish and/or gum arabic, on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 30.7 x 64 cm (12 1/16 x 25 3/16 in.) overall (mat size): 50.8 x 86.4 cm (20 x 34 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The Circle of the National Gallery of Art, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1990.87.1
About the Artist
John Martin · 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...