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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council, from John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book 2, line 1
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale. It should not be shared or reproduced without permission by the copyright holder.

Satan presiding at the Infernal Council, from John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book 2, line 1

Primary (Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England, 1789–Douglas, Isle of Man, 1854)
NationalityEnglish, Europe
Date1824
MediumMezzotint and drypoint with rocker
DimensionsSheet: 10 7/8 × 14 3/4 in. (27.6 × 37.4 cm)
Additional Dimension: 10 1/16 × 13 3/4 in. (25.6 × 35 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through the generosity of the Still Water Foundation, 1996.260
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1996.260
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Label Text
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.
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