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Eve's Dream - Satan aroused, from John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book 4, line 813
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.

Eve's Dream - Satan aroused, from John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book 4, line 813

Primary (Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England, 1789–Douglas, Isle of Man, 1854)
NationalityEnglish, Europe
Date1824-1825
MediumMezzotint and etching
DimensionsSheet: 10 7/8 × 14 3/4 in. (27.7 × 37.4 cm)
Additional Dimension: 10 1/16 × 14 in. (25.6 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through the generosity of the Still Water Foundation, 1996.266
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1996.266
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Ithuriel and Zephon, the two armed angels on the left side of the print, stand back amazed at the sudden appearance of Satan, grossly muscular and poised for attack. A vignette set in the background shows Eve sleeping, vulnerable to the evil thoughts that Satan whispers into her ear. Satan leaps up, startled after Ithuriel discovers and pricks him with his spear. Haphazard black lines cancel out the landscape around the figures, revealing where Martin used the roulette, a printmaking tool with a tiny spiked wheel, to obliterate his initial idea for the setting.
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