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Fall of Babylon
  • John Martin
    1789-1854
    born: Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England ; died: Douglas, Isle of Man
  • Fall of Babylon, 1835
  • mezzotint, etching
  • Image Dimensions Height/Width: 188 x 289 mm
    Sheet/Paper Dimensions: 295 x 435 mm
    Image Dimensions Height/Width: 7 3/8 x 11 3/8 in
    Sheet/Paper Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 17 1/8 in
  • Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund
  • 1992.0119
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Chaos scene with figures in foreground and a falling city in the background.