Martin, John - Manfred on the Jungfrau, 1837 - art postcard

Art Postcard
• Work of art title: Manfred on the Jungfrau, 1837
• Artist (if known): John Martin (1789-1854)
• Media or other details:  watercolour
• Publisher / Gallery: City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
• Postally used:  no - but long message written
• Stamp & postmark details (if relevant): na
• Size: modern
• Notes & condition details:

NOTES:

Size: 'Modern' is usually around 6in x 4in / 'Old Standard' is usually around 5 1/2in x 3 1/2in. Larger sizes mentioned, but if you need to know the exact size please ask.

All postcards are not totally new and are pre-owned. It's inevitable that older cards may show signs of ageing and use, particularly sent through the post. Any faults other than normal ageing are noted.

Stock No.: A379

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Manfred On The Jungfrau is an 1837 watercolour artwork by artist John Martin. The concept for the painting was inspired by certain elements and scenes from Lord Byron's poem Manfred, specifically Act I scene II.

This work depicts a man, Manfred, preparing to throw himself from the Jungfrau mountain. In Byron's poem he is pulled back from the edge just before leaping by a horrified chamois hunter, who then leads him back to safety. The relationship between Act I scene II of Byron's poem is evident; the episode taken from this scene is this:

In the time that the artwork was created, 'man and nature' was a theme that was popular among romantic artists and writers, and influences of this are evident within this watercolour work. Images of figures standing on cliff tops, about to throw themselves off to their death were quite common among the artworks and writings which shared this theme.

Three years after Martin completed his version, Ford Madox Brown produced another painting entitled Manfred on the Jungfrau. This later oil-on-canvas version depicts Manfred up close, with his facial features and a look of horror clearly visible, as well as the same chamois hunter. ^[1] Brown's version, despite being painted later, is probably the more renowned of the two works.

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period=1945 - present

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