Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still, 1827

Not on View

Medium

mezzotint and etching in black and brownish black on chine collé [proof]

Dimensions

plate: 57.1 x 77.8 cm (22 1/2 x 30 5/8 in.)

sheet: 57.6 x 78.8 cm (22 11/16 x 31 in.)
overall (mat size): 66 x 86.4 cm (26 x 34 in.)

Credit Line

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Balston 1947, Vol. 281, no. 6

Accession Number

2002.65.3

Artists / Makers

John Martin (artist) British, 1789 - 1854

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: PAINTED & ENGRAVED BY JOHN MARTIN; lower center in plate: London Published May 9 1827. by Mr. Martin, 30, Allsops Buildings, New Road

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (C. G. Boerner Limited, New York); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.
Lennox-Boyd, Christopher

Exhibition History

2006: The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

Bibliography

1947: Balston, Thomas. John Martin, 1789 - 1854 London, 1947.

2002: C.G. Boerner. English Mezzotints from the Lennox-Boyd Collection. New York, 2002: no. 79.