Accession number
PML 145499, plate 008
Creator
Martin, John, 1789-1854, illustrator, engraver.
Published
[London : Septimus Prowett, 62 Paternoster Row, 1827]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from Campbell & Wees.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 8, 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 9, line 995, of Milton's "Paradise lost" (London : Septimus Prowett, 1825-1827).
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: Book 9 line 995:, with production and publication detail below: Drawn & Engraved by J. Martin Esqr. Published 1827 by Septimus Prowett, 62 Paternoster Row.
The small plate issue.
Library's copy trimmed to image, with loss of caption and lettering.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 8, 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 9, line 995, of Milton's "Paradise lost" (London : Septimus Prowett, 1825-1827).
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: Book 9 line 995:, with production and publication detail below: Drawn & Engraved by J. Martin Esqr. Published 1827 by Septimus Prowett, 62 Paternoster Row.
The small plate issue.
Library's copy trimmed to image, with loss of caption and lettering.
Description
1 print : mezzotint ; 144 x 200 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Eve, standing on the right with one hand on the bough of the tree, around which Satan, disguised as a serpent, is entwined, holding out an apple in the other to Adam, who sits on a rock under the tree, in a verdant landscape which descends gently to left.
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