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John Martin

He Called So Loud that All the Hollow Deep of Hell Resounded

Maker

John Martin (British, 1789-1854), designer
Chatfield &amp
Coleman
, printer

Title

He Called So Loud that All the Hollow Deep of Hell Resounded
The Paradise Lost of Milton

Year

1826

Medium

  • mezzotint

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • mezzotint

Materials

mezzotint

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

35.7 x 25.1 cm (14 1/16 x 9 7/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in brown ink inscribed, LC:He call'd so loud, that all the hollow deep/of Hell resounded.____Verso:in pencil inscribed, LR (inverted):No 3 ; inscribed, LL:P.16837In Plate--Inscribed, LC:Designed & Engraved by J. Martin, Esq.r/Book l. line 314/LondonPublished by Septimus Prowell, 23 Old Bond Street. ; inscribed, LR:Proof/Printed by Chatfield & Coleman; dated and signed, LC of image:J Martin 1826

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Nelson in Honor of James W. Winston

Object Number

72.168

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  • Prints

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Tombstone

John Martin (British, 1789-1854), designer
Chatfield & Coleman, printer
Septimus Prowett, publisher
He Called So Loud that All the Hollow Deep of Hell Resounded; The Paradise Lost of Milton, 1826
mezzotint
35.7 x 25.1 cm (14 1/16 x 9 7/8 inches) (plate)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Nelson in Honor of James W. Winston 72.168

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