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The Angels Guarding Paradise at Night, illustration for “Paradise Lost” by John Milton, Book 4, Line 866

Artist
John Martin, English, 1789–1854
Date
1826
Material
Mezzotint
published in
London, Greater London, England, Europe
Classification
Prints
Collection
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
plate: 10 1/8 x 14 in. (25.7 x 35.6 cm)
sheet: 11 x 14 3/4 in. (27.9 x 37.5 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Shop Fund
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
21:1984.12
NOTES
This print is part of a commission to illustrate John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost" with twenty-four mezzotint engravings. The original visionary scenes of Heaven and Hell that John Martin created made this one of the most significant series of British book illustrations ever produced. Martin was part of the Romantic movement whose work conjured up sensations of the sublime.
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