English artist, known particularly for his mezzotints and for his illustrations to Milton's Paradise Lost and to the Bible. Known as "Mad Martin" for his visionary work.
Martin, John, 1789-1854
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Manuscript
Autograph book vol 2, page 40 to 51
Date: 1819-1842
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-487
Description: Letters to Gideon Mantell from colleagues and friends. Topics covered are primarily scientific, or concerning Royal Society, London Geological Society and publication matters, or of a social nature. Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Image
Martin, John, 1789-1854 :The Country of the Iguanodon, restored by John Martin Esq., K....
Date: 1837
By: Martin, John, 1789-1854; Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895
Reference: A-142-061
Description: Three iguanodons battling in the centre foreground, in a river, watched by a pterodactyl to the right, an extensive primaeval landscape with other iguanodons in the background The mezzotint appeared as the frontispiece illustration in Gideon Mantell's Wonders of Geology (1837) Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title The Museum of New Zealand has a watercolour dated 1837 and signed John Martin, which is likely to be the artist's original watercolour for this mezzotint. Another copy of the mezzotint held in an album formerly the property of Walter Mantell, PASeries-1-q-158 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint 89 x 144 mm (image), 126 x 195 mm (platemark) on sheet 230 x 305 mm Provenance: Mantell collection
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Mantell album 4
Date: 1850s - 1890s
By: Mantell, Walter Godfrey, 1864-1927; Bothamley, Arthur Thomas, 1846-1938; Masquerier, John James, 1778-1855; Martin, John, 1789-1854; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Clayton, William Henry, 1823-1877; Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906; Ball, Wilfrid, 1853-1917; Devis, Anthony Thomas, 1729-1816
Reference: PA1-q-158
Description: Album of photographs, engravings and etchings. Frontispiece is a portrait of Gideon Algernon Mantell, painted by J J Masquerier, engraved by Samuel Stepney. On page 30 is `The country of the iguanadon, restored by John Martin ... from the geological discoveries of Gideon Mantell'; page 29 there is a photo of ink drawing of Brighton by A. Devis (Probably English landscape artist Anthony Devis). Page 42 has a photographic copy of a pen & wash drawing by architect William Clayton of Government House in Wellington, ca 1869. It bears little resemblance to the completed building (copy negative available at 1/2-C-021641). Many of the New Zealand scenes are unidentified, though one group were taken in Queen Charlotte Sound, and Picton. Most are taken by unidentified photographers, though there are tourist scenes of Pipiriki and Jerusalem taken by James Valentine, and some of Te Aroha by Frederick George Radcliffe. A collection of 6 etchings by Wilfrid Williams Ball are all related to the Thames in London, including views of the Tower of London, Gravesend, and Greenwich. An early photograph of Mrs Alfred J Woodhouse (mother-in-law of Gideon Mantell), was taken by an unidentified photographer in 1839. Inscriptions: Album page - W G Mantell Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Tan cloth binding with impressed decorative pattern, entitled `New Zealand ferns'; 30.5 x 26.5 cm