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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1967.77
People
John Martin, British (Haydon Bridge, England 1789 - 1854 Douglas, Isle of Man)
Title
Fall of the Rebel Angels
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1823-c. 1824
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227889

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68.26 x 47.63 cm (26 7/8 x 18 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Thomas R. Laughton, Sold at Sotheby's, London, 1964. Object was lot no. 51 in Sotheby's sale
Richard Feigen, New York NY, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1967.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard L. Feigen
Accession Year
1967
Object Number
1967.77
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • [Unidentified article], The Quarterly Review (London, England, 1827), XXXVI, p. 51
  • Thomas Balston, John Martin, 1789-1854, His Life and Works, G. Duckworth (London, England, 1947), pp. 104-105
  • Catalogue of Fine Eighteenth Century and Nineteenth Century English Paintings and Drawings, auct. cat., Sotheby & Co. (London, England, Mar 18 1964), no. 51
  • Marcia R. Pointon, Milton and English Art, Manchester University Press (Manchester, England, 1970)
  • Christopher Johnstone, John Martin, Academy Editions (London, England, 1974), pp. 17, 111, 112
  • William Feaver, The Art of John Martin, The Clarendon Press (Oxford, England, 1975), pp. 72-75, mezzotint repr. on p. 76, pl. 49
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 117, repr. as no. 46

Exhibition History

  • Festival of Britain Exhibition: Tyneside's Contribution to Art, Lang Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 01/01/1951 - 12/31/1951

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