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Collection Item: Armageddon
Basic info
- Collection
- Fine Art
- Title
- Armageddon
- Object name
- Painting
- Object category
- Painting
- Creators
- Pettitt, Joseph Paul (Artist)
- Description
- A vast Biblical scene of destruction; falling masonry and statue in the left foreground; figures taking refuge from a stormy sea on a rocky plateau, centre; crumbling cities on hill tops beyond, with erupting mountains in the background. The scene illustrates Revelations XVI, verses 17-19, describing the Apocalyptic vision of Saint John in which the city of Armageddon is destroyed by the wrath of God.
- Production date start
- 1852
- Period
- Victorian
Identification
- Object number
- YORAG : 1118
- Alternative number
- YAG 23463
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 20000011
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Oil on canvas (Whole)
- Dimensions
- Canvas height 129.0 cm
- Canvas width 260.5 cm
- Frame height 134.6 cm
- Frame width 275.5 cm
- Frame depth 10.5 cm
Production
- Creators
- Pettitt, Joseph Paul (Artist)
- Technique
- Painted
- School/style
- British
