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Dark mezzotint of a robed figure raising an arm under lightning and hail, above a colonnaded temple with fleeing figures.

Moses evokes the seventh plague (mezzotint, 1832)

A dark mezzotint of a biblical storm: a robed figure with raised arm stands beside a kneeling woman in white, while lightning, fire and hail fill the sky above a colonnaded temple. Figures flee among columns and rubble on the right, and the engraved caption refers to the seventh plague.

Artist
John Martin
Date
May 1832
Medium
Mezzotints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3078 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1832.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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