[The Celestial City.]
Drawn by J. Martin. Etched by W.R. Smith.
[London: J. Murray, 1830.]
Etching on india paper, unfinished proof, 145 x 225mm. 5¾ x 9". Wide margins a little stained and foxed; one stain encroaching into plate upper left.
Plate to John Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress... With a life... by Robert Southey ... Illustrated with engravings'. After John Martin (1789 - 1854), history, landscape and biblical painter; his vast and sublime paintings of biblical, religious and literary themes were widely circulated as prints.
Balston p.289. See BL 1113.c.14. C.132.c.1.
[Ref: 22557] £120.00
[London: J. Murray, 1830.]
Etching on india paper, unfinished proof, 145 x 225mm. 5¾ x 9". Wide margins a little stained and foxed; one stain encroaching into plate upper left.
Plate to John Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress... With a life... by Robert Southey ... Illustrated with engravings'. After John Martin (1789 - 1854), history, landscape and biblical painter; his vast and sublime paintings of biblical, religious and literary themes were widely circulated as prints.
Balston p.289. See BL 1113.c.14. C.132.c.1.
[Ref: 22557] £120.00
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