1831 (made)
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Mezzotint, coloured by hand, lettered with the title, 'The Fall of Babylon', and '(by Martin) Déposé a la direction.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint, hand-colouring |
| Brief description | 'The Fall of Babylon'. Mezzotint engraved by John Martin (1789-1854) after his oil painting of the same title, dated 1819. This version dated 1831. |
| Physical description | Mezzotint, coloured by hand, lettered with the title, 'The Fall of Babylon', and '(by Martin) Déposé a la direction. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '(by Martin) Déposé a la direction.' (Lettered with title and) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Thomas Balston through Art Fund |
| Object history | Balston states on p.282 of the catalogue raisonné that this impression, without the normal lettering, was probably a later impression made after Martin's death. Another impression, with lettering, is in the Department of Prints and Drawings. |
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| Associated object | E.566-1968 (Version) |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.565-1968 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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