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John Martin’s Illustrations of Paradise Lost (1827)

John Martin’s epic mezzotint illustrations for John Milton’s classic tale of falling from paradise….more

The British Library’s “Mechanical Curator” million

Last week the ever-incredible British Library announced that they were gifting more than 1 million images to the world, uploaded to Flickr Commons under the public …more

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John Martin’s Illustrations of Paradise Lost (1827)

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