PrintsBritish19th century

Belshazzar's Feast

1831/1838

Artists

John MartinArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Mezzotint

Medium

Mezzotint, in reverse

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

image: 18.9 × 29.1 cm (7 7/16 × 11 7/16 in.) plate: 26.4 × 35.7 cm (10 3/8 × 14 1/16 in.) sheet: 28.4 × 35.9 cm (11 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

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