Print made by John Martin, 1789–1854, British, Pandemonium, 1831
- Title:
- Pandemonium
- Additional Title(s):
- Pandemonium, from John Milton, 'The Paradise Lost'
- Date:
- 1831
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 22 3/8 × 30 3/4 inches (56.8 × 78.1 cm), Image: 19 1/8 × 27 5/8 inches (48.6 × 70.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "Pandemonium"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered below image, lower left: "Designed by John Martin. | For the New Series."; lower right: "Engraved by John Martin. | And I.P.Quilly."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11944
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angel | building | chaos | city | cliff | crowd | demon | devil | dome | dragon | elephant (animal) | flame | hell | literary theme | Paradise Lost (published 1667) by John Milton | pillar | religious and mythological subject | rock | shield | spear | statue | torch | wings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31729
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