JOHN MARTIN (1789-1854)

Lot 944
07.03.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1548190
Lot 944 | JOHN MARTIN (1789-1854)
Valeur estimée
£ 8 000 – 12 000
JOHN MARTIN (1789-1854)
Illustrations to Paradise Lost
the complete set of 24 mezzotints, some plates with etching and touches of drypoint
1824-27
Plate 1 on wove paper, all others on laid paper, three with watermark T. DUPUY, two with watermark fragments
a very fine lettered proof set of the First Edition (Large Version)
very dark and velvety impressions, printing very sharply and with intense contrasts
printed by Chatfield & Co. and J. Lahee, published by Septimus Prowett, London, with his address
each plate engraved Proof or PROOF
without text (as issued)
the full sheets with very wide margins
some foxing, surface dirt and other minor defects
Plates 25,5 x 35,5 cm. (9 7/8 x 14 in.) (and similar)
Sheets 39 x 56 cm. (15 ½ x 22 in.) (and similar)(24)




Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 2 December 1977, lot 54.
Acquired at the above sale; by descent to the present owners.



Literature

J. Campbell, J. Wees, R. Burnett, John Martin: Visionary Printmaker, York, 1992, nos. 26-73, pp. 38-89.



Exhibited

Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, John Martin: Paradise Lost, February - May 2007 (no cat.).
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