John Martin
1 portrait
John Martin
by Henry Warren
oil on panel, exhibited 1839
10 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in. (267 mm x 216 mm)
Purchased, 1894
Primary Collection
NPG 958
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Sitterback to top
- John Martin (1789-1854), History, landscape and biblical painter. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Henry Warren (1794-1879), Painter, draughtsman and illustrator. Artist associated with 3 portraits.
This portraitback to top
The background is suggestive of Martin's own pictures with their incredible architecture and atmosphere of cataclysmic doom.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 302
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 414
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