English painter, engraver and illustrator (1789–1854)

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The remorse of Judas. Coloured chromolithograph after J. Martin.

God and his angels sit in judgment; they divide humanity into the elect and the damned. Mezzotint by J. Stephenson after J. Martin.

Moses evokes the seventh plague. Mezzotint by John Martin, 1832.

Lot and his family flee Sodom as it burns; Lot's wife faces the terrible scene, aghast. Coloured lithograph after J. Martin.

The fall of Babylon; Cyrus the Great defeating the Chaldean army. Mezzotint by J. Martin, 1831, after himself, 1819.

A nocturnal scene with saurians and sea-creatures fighting each other in the water. Mezzotint by J. Martin.

The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Mezzotint by J. Martin, 1832.

The expulsion from paradise. Mezzotint by J. Martin.

The death of Abel. Mezzotint by J. Martin.

The Crucifixion. Mezzotint by John Martin after himself, 1834.

The covenant. Mezzotint by J. Martin, 1832.

A woman is swept away by the tempestuous deluge; a small company of people on a hill try to save themselves; a serpent slithers beside them. Mezzotint after J. Martin.

Elm tree (Ulmus species) in parkland with people at its base. Etching, c. 1817, after J. Martin.

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John Martin

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Images by John Martin

Works from the collections

The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Mezzotint by J. Martin, 1832.

Elm tree (Ulmus species) in parkland with people at its base. Etching, c. 1817, after J. Martin.

God and his angels sit in judgment; they divide humanity into the elect and the damned. Mezzotint by J. Stephenson after J. Martin.

Moses evokes the seventh plague. Mezzotint by John Martin, 1832.

The expulsion from paradise. Mezzotint by J. Martin.

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