- Title:
- The Destroying Angel
- Date:
- 1836
- Materials & Techniques:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 7/16 x 30 7/16 inches (54.5 x 77.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower center: Designed & Engraved by John Martin Chevalier of the Order of Leopold &c. &c. | THE DESTROYING ANGEL. | Exodus, Chapter 12th verse 29th | TO THE REV.DR. CROLY, &c.&c.&c. THIS PLATE IS INSCRIBED. | AS A TESTIMONY OF THE ESTEEM IN WHICH HIS GENIUS AND CHARACTER ARE HELD BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND, | JOHN MARTIN. | LONDON PUBLISHED APPRIL 1ST 1836 BY J. MARTIN, 30 ALLSOP TERRACRE; ACKERMAN & Co. STRAND; HODGSON & GRAVES, 6 PALL MALL; & MOON, THREADNEEDLE STREET CITY"; lettered, lower right: "Depose a la direction"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11936
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31721
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