Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

1827

John Martin

Artist, British, 1789 - 1854

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint and etching in black and brownish black on chine collé [proof]

  • Credit Line

    Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 57.1 x 77.8 cm (22 1/2 x 30 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 57.6 x 78.8 cm (22 11/16 x 31 in.)
    overall (mat size): 66 x 86.4 cm (26 x 34 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.65.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Balston 1947, Vol. 281, no. 6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (C. G. Boerner Limited, New York); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

Bibliography

1947

  • Balston, Thomas. John Martin, 1789 - 1854 London, 1947.

2002

  • C.G. Boerner. English Mezzotints from the Lennox-Boyd Collection. New York, 2002: no. 79.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: PAINTED & ENGRAVED BY JOHN MARTIN; lower center in plate: London Published May 9 1827. by Mr. Martin, 30, Allsops Buildings, New Road

Wikidata ID

Q76346321

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