Approach of the Archangel Michael: Martin 1824-26

Title: Approach of the Archangel Michael 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: 4265 From The Paradise Lost of John Milton (pub. 1846), Book 11, Line 226 Following the temptation and fall of man, Adam and Eve witness the Archangel Michael descend to meet them in Paradise. He informs them that they must leave the Garden. However, Michael comforts the two by telling them that God has given them the whole of the earth to roam and still watches over them. "Eve, now expect great tidings, which perhapsOf us will soon determin, or imposeNew Laws to be observ'd; for I descrieFrom yonder blazing Cloud that veils the HillOne of the heav'nly Host, and by his GateNone of the meanest, some great PotentateOr of the Thrones above, such MajestieInvests him coming? yet not terrible,That I should fear, nor sociably mild,As Raphael, that I should much confide,But solemn and sublime,