Overview
Inscription
lower right: J. Martin
Provenance
Purchased 1822 by William Collins. Thomas Wilson, until 1848. John Naylor, until 1889; John M. Naylor; (his sale, Leighton Hall, Welshpool, 23 January 1923, no. 41). Anonymous gift 1924 to the United Grand Lodge of England; purchased 28 May 2004 through (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd.) by NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1816
- The Exhibition of the Royal Academy. The Forty-Eighth, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1816, no. 347.
- 1817
- [Annual Exhibition], British Institution, London, 1817, no. 152.
- 1822
- John Martin's One Man Show, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London, 1822.
- 1854
- Pictures Exhibited at a Soirée given by John Buck Lloyd, Mayor of Liverpool, at the Town Hall, Liverpool, 1854, no. 28.
- 1862
- International Exhibition (Fine Art Department), London, 1862, no. 249.
- 1970
- John Martin 1789-1854, Artist - Reformer - Engineer, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1970, no. 6, pl. 3.
- 1973
- Landscape in Britain c. 1750-1850, Tate Gallery, London, 1973, no. 276, repro.
- 1975
- John Martin 1789-1854. Loan Exhibition, Oil Paintings - Watercolours - Prints, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1975, no. 9, pl. 9.
- 2011
- John Martin: Apocalypse, Tate Britain, London, 2011-2012, no. 26, repro.
Bibliography
- 1854
- Waagen, Gustav Friedrich. Treasures of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss.. 3 vols. Translated by Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake. London, 1854: 3:242.
- 1923
- Pendred, Mary L. John Martin, Painter: His Life and Times. London, 1923: 62-64, 76, 78, 269, 294, pl. facing 62.
- 1946
- Todd, Ruthven. "The Imagination of John Martin." In Tracks in the Snow: Studies in English Science and Art. New York, 1946: 109.
- 1947
- Balston, Thomas. John Martin, 1789-1854. His Life and Works. London, 1947.
- 1954
- Balston, Thomas. "John Martin: New Discoveries." The Burlington Magazine 96, no. 620 (November 1954): 350, 351, pl. 21.
- 1969
- Maas, Jeremy. Victorian Painters. London, 1969: 34.
- 1972
- Gaunt, William. The Restless Century: Painting in Britain 1800-1900. London, 1972: pl. 21.
- 1973
- Parris, Leslie. Landscape in Britain c. 1750-1850. London, 1973: no. 276, repro.
- 1974
- Johnstone, Christopher. John Martin. London and New York, 1974: 14, 46, pl. 46.
- 1975
- Bird, Alan. "The Romantics." In The Genius of British Painting. Ed. David Piper. London, 1975: 218.
- 1975
- Feaver, William. The Art of John Martin. Oxford, 1975: 6, 25-28, 32, 54-56, 58, 72, 172, 207, 218 notes 9 and 10, 219 notes 12 and 23, 222 notes 2 and 3, 224 note 97, 232 note 79, pl. 11.
- 1975
- Morris, Edward. "John Naylor and other Collectors of Modern Paintings in 19th Century Britain." Annual Report and Bulletin of the Walker Art Gallery 5 (1975).