Belshazzar's Feast (First Plate)
June 1, 1826
Medium
Mezzotint with etching; proof
Dimensions
Image: 18 1/2 x 28 5/16 in. (47 x 71.9 cm) Plate: 23 1/2 x 32 in. (59.7 x 81.3 cm) Sheet: 24 1/2 x 33 1/16 in. (62.2 x 84 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.40.262
About the Artist
John Martin · 1789–1854
John Martin (1789–1854) was a British painter and mezzotint engraver whose apocalyptic biblical and historical paintings made him one of the most popular artists in early nineteenth-century Britain. Born in Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, he trained as a heraldic and coach painter before moving to London, where his monumental painting "Belshazzar's Feast" (1820) caused a sensation and established h...