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Bridge over Chaos

Print
1827 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mezzotint titled 'Bridge over Chaos'. Proof, Imperial Folio.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleBridge over Chaos (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Brief description
'Bridge over Chaos'. Plate from 'The Paradise Lost of Milton, with illustrations designed and engraved by John Martin [1789-1854]', in two volumes, published by Septimus Prowett, London, 1827. Mezzotint.
Physical description
Mezzotint titled 'Bridge over Chaos'. Proof, Imperial Folio.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42.5cm
  • Width: 31.1cm
Average size dimensions: 25.4 x 35.6 cm: Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Thomas Balston through Art Fund
Object history
An edition of the smaller plates to Paradise Lost (Imperial Octavo) (T.B. Appendix 9, 4, D), also published by S.Prowett, 1827, is in the Department of Prints and Drawings, E.532-555-1966.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
  • pp. 40-1 Christiana Payne, Nathalie Levi and Emma Stibbon. Earth : digging deep in British art, 1781-2022. Bristol : Sansom and Co. ; 2022. ISBN: 9781911408925
Collection
Accession number
E.610-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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