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Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise, from John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book 12, line 641
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.

Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise, from John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book 12, line 641

Primary (Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England, 1789–Douglas, Isle of Man, 1854)
NationalityEnglish, Europe
Date1824-1827
MediumMezzotint, etching, and drypoint
DimensionsSheet: 10 13/16 × 14 11/16 in. (27.4 × 37.3 cm)
Additional Dimension: 10 1/16 × 13 3/4 in. (25.5 × 34.9 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through the generosity of the Still Water Foundation, 1996.279
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1996.279
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Looking back, Adam and Eve wipe their tears and reluctantly walk into an unwelcoming terrain. The snake departs at bottom right, his evil work done, leaving them in a land whose only other inhabitants are two distant creatures, probably dinosaurs. Martin’s friend, the paleontologist Gideon Mantell, discovered the Iguanodon in 1825, and Martin went on to become one of the first illustrators of dinosaurs and their habitat. He had to reconcile his religious view of creation with a new one: evolution. How familiar the moment, when we must leave the known and embark on new territory.
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