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Paradise - Adam and Eve - The Morning Hymn, from John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 5, line 136
1824-1825
19th century
27.7 cm x 37.3 cm (10 7/8 in. x 14 11/16 in.)
John Martin
(Haydon Bridge (Northumberland), England, 1789 - 1854, Douglas (Isle of Man))
Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, English
Medium and Support:
Mezzotint and drypoint with rocker
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through the generosity of the Still Water Foundation, 1996
Accession Number:
1996.268
Surrounded by primeval trees and tranquil pools, Adam and Eve bow to the rising sun. They are almost lost in the abundance of flora. Martin’s concern for the fate of humankind in the face of the Industrial Revolution may be reflected in the relative scale of man to nature but more significant is his inclusion of two white storks in the distance. In the nineteenth century the stork population declined and eventually disappeared, due in part to industrialization and new farming methods in Europe.