2012/11/24 - This picture illustrates the central event of the book of Revelation.

The paintings were Martin's last major works before his death in 1854. The Last Judgement (1853) by John Martin Depicts the second coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgement by God of all humanity. They travelled extensively, even going on show in America and Australia.

There was also a family connection - the Thomas Wilson was married to the sister of Martin's wife. Tate Britain London, United Kingdom. The Last Judgement is a triptych of oil paintings by the British artist John Martin, created in 1851–1853. The Fallen Angels Entering Pandemonium, from ‘Paradise Lost’, Book 1Plate from ‘Illustrations to the Bible’: Moses Breaketh the TablesPlate from ‘Illustrations to the Bible’: The Destruction of the Pharoah’s HostPlate from ‘Illustrations to the Bible’: Belshazzar’s FeastPlate from ‘Illustrations to the Bible’: The Covenant There are also similarities with the description in chapter 15 of 'a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast. Pendered states that he was working on 'The Plains of Heaven' just before he left London for Douglas, Isle of Man, in October 1853. The work comprises three separate paintings on a theme of the end of the world, inspired by the Book of Revelation.

View in Augmented Reality. The ownership of the paintings after Martin's death remains unclear. But Leopold Martin states that the pictures were bequeathed by the artist to his cousin, the wife of Thomas Wilson. All his career he had specialised in large-scale scenes of judgement and disaster, and despite or perhaps because of his immense popularity and financial success, he had been vilified by the upper-class critics for populism and showmanship.

It has been claimed that up to eight million people viewed the paintings during their extensive tours. Martin died on 17 February 1854, seven days after the pictures were first exhibited, and there was a suggestion, in the The first recorded exhibition of the paintings was in the artist's home town, Newcastle, at the Victoria Rooms in Grey Street, where they were shown 'for a few days only' from 10 February to 4 March 1854, according to advertisements in the The Mottram engravings were not published until 1 January 1857; the venture was a success to judge from the sale to James Plimpton of the small remaining stock in 1860 (Balston, p.246). This was part of a triptych (series of three works), with Bequeathed by Charlotte Frank in memory of her husband Robert Frank 1974 The subjects are taken from the Book of Revelation. In Balston's manuscript additons to his book (Victoria and Albert Museum Library), he notes that 'before his death, according to Thomas Hunt Martin's pencil corrections to Pendered's According to Mary L. Pendered's 1923 book The painting was retained by Martin's family after his death until it was sold in 1935. They were exhibited to the public from the time of his death until the 1870s to advertise the sale of prints from engravings of the works, being displayed in galleries and exhibition halls all over the UK, in New York in 1856–57 and in Australia in 1878–79.

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The oil on canvas work measures 196.5 centimetres (77.4 in) by 303.2 centimetres (119.4 in). "; in chapter 9, a star falls from heaven and creates a Below, a yawning chasm divides mankind into two parts: the "saved" are assembled on The painting shows the time when "Heaven and Earth are passing away, and all things are made new."

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Martin imagines the paradise referred to in chapter 21: 'I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The pictures were produced at the end of John Martin’s career, with the intention of touring them. The landscape resembles the Italian views painted by The oil on canvas work measures 198.8 centimetres (78.3 in) by 306.7 centimetres (120.7 in). Pendered also records that the artist's grandson had told her of this bequest. Martin's style of didactic expository art was rarely praised by art critics but remained popular with the public until the 1860s. They are not mentioned in his will, and the agreement with Maclean (which gave Mclean two thirds of the profits from the sale of prints, and the right to use the paintings to market the prints) meant that they were on tour for decades. John Martin (1789-1854) doesn’t entirely escape either danger. ..the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband'. On a throne in the heavens sits Christ in judgement, surrounded by the four and twenty elders. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together and every mountain and island were moved out of their places."

It was bought by the Tate Gallery in 1945. This was at some time before 1845 to judge from an outline It is possible that Martin had begun the two companion pieces by the end of 1851, and on 23 June 1852 he entered into another agreement, on the same terms, for their engraving. “The Last Judgement” (see above) can be considered one of Martin’s finest achievements, but, before examining the painting, we should consider John Martin’s life and his success as a painter.