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Creator:
Print made by John Martin, 1789–1854
and J. P. Quilley, active 1828
after John Martin, 1789–1854
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:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31729
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