print
- Museum number
- 1849,1031.225
- Title
- Object: The Fall of Satan
- Description
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St Michael in armour holding a bar of fire above his head, a shield and fetters in his other hand, with one foot on the chest of Satan, who falls backwards covering his face with one hand, a broken staff in the other, with other fallen angels beneath him, one falling forward, clutching his head, staring wildly; state after print transformed into an etching, before 'their' corrected with 'its' before 'members' and 'RA' added in inscription. 1777
Etching
- Production date
- 1777
- Dimensions
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Height: 835 millimetres
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Width: 610 millimetres (damaged)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- There are two related drawings in the BM: 1972,U.736 and 1973,U.1349.
Conservation work on this print was funded by the Leche Trust. The attached digital images show condition before and after conservation.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1849
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1849,1031.225