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John Martin, 1789–1854, British, Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still, 1818
- Title:
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still
- Date:
- 1818
- Medium:
- Graphite, brown wash, scratching out and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 × 24 1/8 inches (40.6 × 61.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "John Martin: Joshua Commanding The Sun"
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower left: "J Martin 1818"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6221
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- army | by night Joshua and his army come to the rescue of Gibeon | clouds | landscape | night | pyramid (tomb) | religious and mythological subject | sun
- Associated Places:
- Al-Jib | Israel
- Associated People:
- Joshua
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15209
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