Genre: religious and mythological subject / Creator: Martin, John, 1789–1854

1. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 7/8 × 24 5/8 inches (47.9 × 62.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Aeneas and the Sibyl

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 3/8 x 55 1/4 inches (102.6 x 140.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Deluge

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 66 1/4 × 101 3/4 inches (168.3 × 258.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Last Judgement (study)

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: between 1851 and 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 3/4 × 12 inches (19.7 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

5. The Crucifixion

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1830 and 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 24 inches (38.1 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Belshazzar's Feast

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 1/2 × 47 1/2 inches (80 × 120.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Death of the First Born

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 7/8 × 30 inches (55.6 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Crucifixion

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/8 × 30 15/16 inches (54.9 × 78.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Deluge

Creator:: Print made by John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching; engraver's proof on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 9/16 × 33 3/16 inches (64.9 × 84.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Marcus Curtius

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 3/8 × 30 1/4 inches (56.8 × 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Pandemonium

Creator:: Print made by John Martin, 1789–1854
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with chine collé; published state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/4 × 30 13/16 inches (59.1 × 78.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Paphian Bower

Creator:: George H. Phillips, active 1819–1825
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/8 × 26 11/16 inches (52.4 × 67.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Opening of the Seventh Seal

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: ca. 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 16 inches (39.4 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Burial of Sarah

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 3 7/8 x 5 13/16 inches (9.8 x 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Rescue of Lot

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 3 7/8 x 5 15/16 inches (9.8 x 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Walls of Jericho

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (9.8 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Daughters of Jerusalem Weeping by the Waters of Babylon

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 6 5/16 x 8 inches (16 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Adam and Eve

Creator:: attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Rising of the Waters

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Shadrach, Meshack and Abed-Nego before Nebuchadnezzar

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Lot Fleeing Sodom

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Death of Ananias

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Ravens Feeding Elijah

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Daniel in the Den of Lions

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Conversion of Saul

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Christ Preaching to the Elders in the Temple

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Release of Saint Peter from Prison

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Baptism of Christ

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Christ with Three Figures

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Christ Stilling the Tempest

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. An Elderly Man Petitioning Christ

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Christ Healing the Palsied Man

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Feeding the Five Thousand

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Christ Healing a Blind Man

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Raising of Lazarus

Creator:: attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. The Pool of Bethesda

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, scratching out and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 24 1/8 inches (40.6 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Cain and Abel

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Woman at the Well

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Death of the First Born of Egypt

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. Expulsion from Eden

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 11/16 x 10 1/4 inches (19.6 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

45. The Plains of Heaven

Creator:: Charles Mottram, 1807–1876
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 7/8 x 41 3/4in. (73.3 x 106cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. The Great Day of His Wrath

Creator:: Charles Mottram, 1807–1876
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 30 15/16 × 43 5/16 inches (78.6 × 110 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The Last Judgment

Creator:: Print made by Charles Mottram, 1807–1876
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 30 15/16 × 43 5/16 inches (78.6 × 110 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Illustrations to Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

Creator:: Print made by John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Bound volume of engravings on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 19 3/4 inches (50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

2. Aeneas and the Sibyl

3. The Deluge

4. The Last Judgement (study)

5. The Crucifixion

6. Belshazzar's Feast

7. Death of the First Born

8. The Crucifixion

9. The Deluge

10. Marcus Curtius

11. Pandemonium

12. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

13. The Paphian Bower

14. The Opening of the Seventh Seal

15. Burial of Sarah

16. The Rescue of Lot

17. The Walls of Jericho

18. The Daughters of Jerusalem Weeping by the Waters of Babylon

19. Adam and Eve

20. The Rising of the Waters

21. Shadrach, Meshack and Abed-Nego before Nebuchadnezzar

22. Lot Fleeing Sodom

23. The Death of Ananias

24. The Ravens Feeding Elijah

25. Daniel in the Den of Lions

26. The Conversion of Saul

27. Christ Preaching to the Elders in the Temple

28. The Stoning of Saint Stephen

29. The Release of Saint Peter from Prison

30. The Baptism of Christ

31. Christ with Three Figures

32. Christ Stilling the Tempest

33. An Elderly Man Petitioning Christ

34. Christ Healing the Palsied Man

35. Feeding the Five Thousand

36. Christ Healing a Blind Man

37. The Raising of Lazarus

38. The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

39. The Pool of Bethesda

40. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

41. Cain and Abel

42. The Woman at the Well

43. Death of the First Born of Egypt

44. Expulsion from Eden

45. The Plains of Heaven

46. The Great Day of His Wrath

47. The Last Judgment

48. Illustrations to Milton's 'Paradise Lost'