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Details
- Date
- 1831
- Media category
- Materials used
- mezzotint
- Dimensions
- 48.0 x 70.3 cm image
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Parramore Purchase Fund 2009
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 419.2009
- Copyright
- Artist information
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John Martin
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About
The print is a large scale reworking of Martin’s earlier engraving of the subject for the
‘Paradise Lost’ series. The scene of Satan surveying his Palace of Hell is based on
Milton’s description:
Anon out of the earth, a fabrick huge
Rose like an exhalation, with the sound
Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet,
Built like a temple, where pilasters round
Were set, and Dorick pillars overlaid
With golden architrave… -
Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Printmaking in the age of Romanticism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Aug 2009–25 Oct 2009
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Michael Campbell, John Martin Visionary Printmaker, 1992, (illus.). CW 86
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