Death of the First Born by John Martin (1836)

Engraving of a vast Egyptian colonnade with mourners grieving in the foreground and a figure walking among prostrate bodies.

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This monochrome mezzotint-style print by John Martin, dated 1836, shows a vast colonnade of massive Egyptian-style columns with winged sun ornaments along the entablature. In the foreground, grieving figures in flowing garments mourn over a body, while further back a dark-robed figure walks among prostrate people toward a glimpse of a distant landscape beneath a night sky.

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1836

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