The Fall of the Rebel Angels, from John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book 1, line 44
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John Martin
(Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England, 1789–Douglas, Isle of Man, 1854)
NationalityEnglish, Europe
Date1824-1825
MediumMezzotint and etching with rocker
DimensionsSheet: 13 7/8 × 9 15/16 in. (35.3 × 25.3 cm)
Additional Dimension: 10 13/16 × 8 in. (27.5 × 20.3 cm)
Additional Dimension: 10 13/16 × 8 in. (27.5 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through the generosity of the Still Water Foundation, 1996.256
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1996.256
On View
Not on viewAfter the great battle of angels, God hurls Satan and his followers into the depths of hell—bottomless, black, and terrifying. In the text Milton tells how the angels will endure “adamantine chains and penal fire,” but here we see an abyss made of shadow—a hell we can invent for ourselves.
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