Accession number
PML 145499, plate 009
Creator
Martin, John, 1789-1854, illustrator, engraver.
Published
[London : Septimus Prowett, 23 Old Bond Street, 1826]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from Campbell & Wees,.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 9, 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 10, line 108, of Milton's "Paradise lost" (London : Septimus Prowett, 1825-1827).
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption "Book 10 line 108", with production and publication detail below: "Drawn & Engraved by J. Martin Esqr." and "London Published by Septimus Prowett, 62 Paternoster Row, 1826"
The small plate issue.
Library's copy trimmed to image, with loss of caption and lettering.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 9, 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 10, line 108, of Milton's "Paradise lost" (London : Septimus Prowett, 1825-1827).
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption "Book 10 line 108", with production and publication detail below: "Drawn & Engraved by J. Martin Esqr." and "London Published by Septimus Prowett, 62 Paternoster Row, 1826"
The small plate issue.
Library's copy trimmed to image, with loss of caption and lettering.
Description
1 print : mezzotint ; image: 139 x 199 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Adam and Eve cowering in the depths of a forest, Adam clasping his hands together and craning his head up and away from light which strikes through the branches on the left, ashamed upon hearing the voice of God, as Eve bows her head and covers herself with her hair and a bunch of leaves.
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