Adam Hearing the Voice of the Almighty: Martin 1824-26

Title: Adam Hearing the Voice of the Almighty Author: John Martin Date: 1824-26 Medium: Mezzotint Condition: Excellent Inches: 11 x 7 1/2 [Image] Centimeters: 27.94 x 19.05 [Image] Product ID: 100282 From The Paradise Lost of John Milton (pub. 1846), Book 10, Line 108 Adam and Eve have eaten from the forbidden tree; realizing their nakedness, they cover themselves in shame, hiding themselves from the eyes of God. God, noticing their absence, goes to meet the two, calling for them to reveal themselves. Adam answers, admitting to the Almighty that he and Eve have disobeyed by partaking in the forbidden fruit. "Where art thou Adam, wont with joy to meetMy coming seen far off? I miss thee here,Not pleas'd, thus entertaind with solitude,Where obvious dutie erewhile appear'd unsaught:Or come I less conspicuous, or what changeAbsents thee, or what chance detains? Come forth.He came, and with him Eve, more loth, though firstTo offend, discount'nanc't both, and discompos'd;Love