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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 by John Martin, 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

Español: Moisés evoca la séptima plaga (mezzotinta, 1832)

Mezzotinta oscura de una escena bíblica de tormenta: una figura con túnica y brazo en alto está junto a una mujer arrodillada de blanco, mientras relámpagos, fuego y granizo llenan el cielo sobre un templo con columnas. A la derecha, figuras huyen entre columnas y escombros, y la leyenda grabada alude a la séptima plaga.

Português: Moisés evoca a sétima praga (meia-tinta, 1832)

Meia-tinta escura de uma cena bíblica de tempestade: uma figura de manto com o braço erguido está ao lado de uma mulher ajoelhada de branco, enquanto raios, fogo e granizo enchem o céu sobre um templo com colunas. À direita, figuras fogem entre colunas e escombros, e a legenda gravada refere-se à sétima praga.

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