Accession number
PML 145499, plate 001
Creator
Martin, John, 1789-1854, illustrator, engraver.
Published
[London : Septimus Prowett, 23 Old Bond Street, 1825]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from Campbell & Wees.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 1, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Mezzotint designed and engraved by John Martin to illustrate book 7, line 339, of Milton's "Paradise lost" (London : Septimus Prowett, 1825-1827).
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption, production and publication detail below: "Drawn & Engraved by J.Martin Esqr." and "London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23 Old Bond Street, 1825".
The large plate issue.
Library's copy trimmed to image, with loss of caption and lettering.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 1, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Mezzotint designed and engraved by John Martin to illustrate book 7, line 339, of Milton's "Paradise lost" (London : Septimus Prowett, 1825-1827).
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption, production and publication detail below: "Drawn & Engraved by J.Martin Esqr." and "London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23 Old Bond Street, 1825".
The large plate issue.
Library's copy trimmed to image, with loss of caption and lettering.
Description
1 print : mezzotint ; image: 178 x 269 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the creation of light, with the figure of God dividing night and day, his image seen in the sky above the sea.
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