The Great Day of His Wrath
John Martin (1789 to 1854), c. 1851–1853
$150
Print check at 18 x 12 in: 168 dpi, good. Trimmed 3.2% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Martin painted the apocalypse of the Book of Revelation as sheer catastrophic force: whole cities torn from their foundations and hurled into a red abyss, mountains toppling, tiny human figures falling like sparks into the fire. He was the great showman of Romantic doom, wildly popular with the public and sneered at by critics, and this is his masterpiece of destruction — reportedly inspired by a night journey through the industrial Black Country, its furnaces glowing across the dark. Terrible and thrilling in equal measure, it is the sublime pushed to its absolute limit: the moment the whole created order comes apart.
- Maker
- John Martin (1789 to 1854)
- Date
- c. 1851–1853
- Medium of the original
- Painting
- Original held by
- Tate Britain, London
- Credit
- Tate Britain, London · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00646
| Picture | 18 x 12 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 19.6 x 13.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | 252 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.2% |
| 18 x 12 in | 168 | Good | Trimmed 3.2% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 126 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | 101 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 84 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | 50 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 3,136 x 2,023 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 27, lights 179 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 13.33
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