Yale Center for British Art

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:
women | children | mothers | fathers | babies | men | sadness | worship | colonnade | columns | crown | hieroglyphics | figures | temple | staffs | Pharaoh mourning his dead son ~ the tenth plague | weeping | pleading | plague | religious and mythological subject | kneeling | crowd | Old Testament | king (person) | pharaoh | architectural subject | 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