Fall of Nineveh, from Martin's Illustrations of the Bible
John Martin, English, 1789 - 1854
1835; published 1838
Mezzotint on wove paper
Tilt edition
Image: 7 1/2 × 11 3/8 in. (19.1 × 28.9 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 16 3/4 in. (28.3 × 42.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Adelbert Ames Fine Arts Awards Fund
PR.987.31
Publisher
Charles Tilt, London, England
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower center: Designed & Engraved by John Martin K.L.B. / FALL OF NINEVAH. / LONDON: CHARLES TILT, FLEET STREET; lower right corner, dry stamped: G.W.T.; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower center: APG6760. Inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower right: #2565.
Course History
JWST 41, Cities of the Biblical World, Steven Kangas, Fall 2012
JWST 7, Archaeologists, Artists, and Adventurers: The Rediscovery of the Holy Land, Steven Kangas, Winter 2014
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Mary Coffey, Joy Kenseth, Winter 2019
ARTH 41.03, European Art 1750-1850, Allan Doyle, Winter 2019
Exhibition History
A Decade of Collecting, 1985-1995: Old Master and Nineteenth Century European Prints from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 9, 1995-February 4, 1996, no. 13.
Learning About Prints, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 17-December 11, 1988.
The Voice of the Print, Visual Studies Department Installation, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 1, 1989-January 1, 1990.
Publication History
Richard Rand, "A Decade of Collecting, 1985-1995: Old Master and Nineteenth-Century European Prints", Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1995, no. 13.
Provenance
C. & J. Goodfriend Drawings and Prints, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1987.
Catalogue Raisonne
J. Dustin Wees, Darkness Visible: The Prints of John Martin, Williamstown, 1986
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