Dublin Core
Title
Satan presiding at the Infernal Council, from John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book 2, line 1
Spatial Coverage
27.6 cm x 37.4 cm (10 7/8 in. x 14 3/4 in.)
Medium
Mezzotint and drypoint with rocker
Description
Milton takes us inside Pandemonium, where Satan sits enthroned on a massive black dome. The vastness of this interior space is incomprehensible, as row upon row of sinners multiplies into infinity. Rings of gaslights, like those seen in Martin’s time, illuminate the scene and reflect the artist’s attraction to the technological advances of nineteenth-century urban life.
Rights Holder
Purchase through the generosity of the Still Water Foundation, 1996
Date
Haydon Bridge (Northumberland), England, 1789 - 1854, Douglas (Isle of Man)
Has Version
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