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John Martin, 1789–1854, British, Death of the First Born, 1836
- Title:
Death of the First Born
- Date:
- 1836
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 7/8 × 30 inches (55.6 × 76.2 cm), Image: 19 1/8 × 28 13/16 inches (48.6 × 73.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower center: Designed & Engraved by John Martin, Chevalier of the Order of Leopold, &c.&c. | LONDON, PUBLISHED JUNE 1ST 1836, BY J. MARTIN, 30 ALLSOP, TERRACE; ACKERMANS & CO. STRAN; HODGSON & GRAVES 6 PALL MALL, & MOON, THREADNEEDLE ST. CITY"; lettered, lower right: "Depose a la direction"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11935
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- child | cloud | crying | death | jug | lightning | man | mourning | palace | pharaoh | pillar | plague | religious and mythological subject | temple | the plague of the first-born: the destroying angel passes through the land and kills every Egyptian first-born of man and animal | tree | weeping | woman
- Associated People:
- Moses
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31720
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