- Creator:
- John Martin, 1789–1854, British
- Title:
- Death of the First Born of Egypt
- Date:
- 1836
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and red and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 19 15/16 x 27 15/16 inches (50.6 x 70.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in brown ink, lower right: "To Wm. Brockedon Esq | with kindest regards of his atta[...] [remainder cropped off] | friend the artist"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2003.15
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- hieroglyphics | men | Old Testament | weeping | crown | children | Pharaoh mourning his dead son ~ the tenth plague | sadness | babies | figures | fathers | worship | mothers | colonnade | religious and mythological subject | crowd | women | plague | king (person) | pleading | temple | architectural subject | kneeling | pharaoh | columns | staffs | death
- Associated Places:
- Egypt
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Exhibition History:
- Recent Acquisitions - Summer 2005 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-05-19 - 2006-08-14)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:52853