Letter: Lindsey House Chelsea, 1849 Jan. 15.

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Letter: Lindsey House Chelsea, 1849 Jan. 15.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78314354

The artist writes to a dealer friend listing the prints he is sending "according to order." He indicates which of the lettered or unlettered proofs are better for the enclosed works Belshazzar's Feast, Fall of Babylon, and Fall of Niniveh. Contrary to his rule, he is sending both versions of the latter "for your customer to choose from." Also included are Marcus Curtius, and the Eve of the Deluge. The prints "will leave by the N.W. railway this even."

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Martin, John, 1789-1854

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English romantic painter, etcher and illustrator. From the description of Letter: Lindsey House Chelsea, 1849 Jan. 15. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78314354 John Martin was a popular and successful British painter and printmaker. Born at Haydon Bridge, he showed artistic ability early and was apprenticed with a coachmaker to learn heraldric painting; later, he worked with Bonifacio and Charles Musso, with whom he moved to London. Supporting himself with co...