Print made by John Martin, 1789–1854, Britishand J. P. Quilley, active 1828after John Martin, 1789–1854, British
Title:
Pandemonium
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)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "Pandemonium"
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:
religious and mythological subject | literary theme | chaos | city | building | torch | flame | crowd | angel | shield | wings | spear | devil | dragon | cliff | rock | statue | dome | pillar | elephant (animal) | hell | demon | Paradise Lost (published 1667) by John Milton
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Picturesque and Sublime - Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance (Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 2018-04-29 - 2018-11-04)
Publications:
Timothy J. Barringer, Picturesque and sublime : Thomas Cole's trans-Atlantic inheritance, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018, pp. 127-9, no. 20, NJ18 .C67 B37 2018 (YCBA)