Satan Contemplating Adam and Eve in Paradise: Martin 1827

Title: Satan Contemplating Adam and Eve in Paradise Author: John Martin Date: 1827 Medium: Mezzotint Condition: Excellent Inches: 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 [Image] Centimeters: 27.31 x 19.05 [Image] Product ID: 4267 From The Paradise Lost of John Milton (pub. 1846), Book 4, Line 501 After gaining entry into the Garden of Eden, Satan conceals himself in order to learn more about God's new creation. While watching Adam and Eve converse with one another, Satan recognizes the affection they have for each other and is overcome by jealously and self-loathing; compared to the happy companionship which God's creation shares, Satan's tormented inner state seems all the more terrible. "So spake our general mother, and with eyes Of conjugal attraction unreproved,And meek surrender, half-embracing leanedOn our first father; half her swelling breastNaked met his, under the flowing goldOf her loose tresses hid: he in delightBoth of her beauty, and submissive charms,Smiled with superiour love, a