Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854, British
Title:
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still
Date:
ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 7/8 × 24 5/8 inches (47.9 × 62.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Label on verso, lower center: “Gooden & Fox Ltd. | 38, Bury Street | St. James’s | London”; center right: “Pitt & Scott Ltd | London | E. [handwritten] 6320 | [typed] 6688”
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.7.55
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
clouds | by night Joshua and his army come to the rescue of Gibeon | religious and mythological subject | cityscape | costume | mountains | cliff | army | soldiers | storm | battle | science | meteorology | gesture | light
Associated Places:
Israel | Al-Jib
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)

English Romanticism (Center Gallery, Bucknell University, 1990-02-24 - 1990-04-08)

American Artists Abroad (Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, 1985-06-02 - 1985-09-02)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 156-157, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

John Martin, Editions Treville Co., Ltd. , Tokyo, 2009, p. 7, cat. 4, NJ18 M39 A12 2009 (YCBA)

The critique of reason : Romantic art, 1760-1860 : March 6-July 26, 2015, Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2015, [pp. 14, 15], fig. 22, V 2574 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:289