‘Satan Watching the Ascent to Heaven’, by John Martin (original) (raw)

Satan Watching the Ascent to Heaven

John Martin

Mezzotint engraved by John Martin

10 x 9 inches

Milton, Paradise Lost, 1827

An illustration of transcendental beauty and intensity in which Satan contemplates the stairway to Heaven. [Commentary continues below.]

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Scanned image and text by Simon Cooke.

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