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John Martin

53 works

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Print of Moses holding up tablets on a cliff above a kneeling crowd, with dark stormy mountains and a valley behind.

Moses Breaketh The Tables, from Illustrations of the Bible

1833/34

Dark engraving of a vast columned hall with a panicked feast, a tiered tower, lightning, and a serpent statue.

Belshazzar's Feast, from Illustrations of the Bible

1835

Engraving of Moses kneeling with a staff before a bright light in a rocky mountain valley, with sheep and trees in the scene.

Moses and the Burning Bush, from Illustrations of the Bible

1833

Night scene of seated mourners by a river under willows, with a large city of towers and walls on the horizon.

Psalm CXXXVII, from Illustrations of the Bible

1835

Dark mezzotint of Joshua raising his arm beneath a glowing sun over a walled city, with stormy clouds and lightning.

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still, from Illustrations of the Bible

1835

Mezzotint of Adam and Eve beside a moonlit pool in a dark wooded landscape under a crescent moon.

Adam and Eve Hearing the Judgement of the Almighty, from Illustrations of the Bible

1831

Engraving of Pharaoh's daughter finding infant Moses in a basket by a riverbank, with palms, sphinxes and pyramids in the bac

The Daughter of Pharoah Finding the Infant Moses, from Illustrations of the Bible

1833

Mezzotint of the seventh plague: lightning and hail over Egyptian temple colonnades, a raised staff, and a flooded city.

Seventh Plague, from Illustrations of the Bible

1833

Engraving of a nude man and woman fleeing over rocky cliffs past lions, under a turbulent sky, by John Martin, 1831.

The Expulsion, from Illustrations of the Bible

1831

Engraving of The Death of Abel showing figures on a rocky ledge under a dramatic, lightning-lit stormy sky.

The Death of Abel, from Illustrations of the Bible

1831

Engraving of a city consumed by fire and lightning under a dark smoky sky, with robed figures on a rocky cliff in the foregro

The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, from Illustrations of the Bible

1832

Dark engraving of a night-lit Babylon with a stepped tower, smoke-filled sky, and cloaked figures in the foreground.

The Fall of Babylon, from Illustrations of the Bible

1835

Mezzotint of a walled city under a lightning-filled storm sky, with armored soldiers and a crowd advancing in the foreground.

Fall of the Walls of Jericho, from Illustrations of the Bible

1834

Engraving of kneeling robed figures beside a fiery altar, under concentric rainbows over dramatic mountains and rocky cliffs.

The Covenant, from Illustrations of the Bible

1832

Black and white engraving of a biblical flood with crowds drowning, cascading waters, and a figure raising his arms on a rock

The Deluge, from Illustrations of the Bible

1831

Mezzotint of Lucifer on a burning lake, a winged figure amid flames and swirling waves beneath towering dark rock cliffs.

Lucifer on the Burning Lake

1825

Mezzotint of a figure on a cliff raising an arm under a beam of light over a walled city and marching armies.

Josua beveelt de zon om stil te staan

1835

Print of a grand colonnaded banquet hall with frightened guests, a laden table, and a towering ziggurat under a stormy sky.

Belshazzar's Feast

1826

Black and white mezzotint of a vast banquet hall with columns, terraces, and feasting crowds beneath a dramatic sky with ligh

Belshazzar's Feast (First Plate)

June 1, 1826

Sepia watercolor of large dinosaurs by a pool beneath cliffs and palm trees, with a setting sun on the horizon.

The country of the Iguanodon

1837

Watercolor of gleaners in a wheat field with stooks, a large dark tree on the right, and distant woodland under an open sky.

Gleaners in the Wheat Field

1847