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Belshazzar's Feast

Print
1831 (made)
Artist/Maker
John Martin (artist)
Martin, William (engraver)

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleBelshazzar's Feast (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.8cm
  • Width: 28cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions
Belshazzar's Feast. Mezzotint first Engraved on Tin Plates by Wm Martin N P Wallsend. 1831.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Thomas Balston through Art Fund
Production
After John Martin
Subjects depicted
Biblical Scenes
Feasts
Belshazzar
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
  • Martin Myrone, ed. John Martin. Apocalypse London: Tate Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-85437-889-7.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.646-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O692725/belshazzars-feast-print-john-martin/
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