Death of the First Born; John Martin; 1789-1854; British; 1836; Mezzotint on thick; slightly textured; cream; wove paper; Sheet: 21 7/8 x 30 inches (55.6 x 76.2 cm) and Image: 19 1/8 x 28 13/16 inches (48.6 x 73.2 cm); child; cloud; crying; death; jug; lightning; man; mourning; palace; pharaoh; pillar; plague; religious and mythological subject; temple; the plague of the first-born: the destroying angel passes through the land and kills every Egyptian first-born of man and animal; tree; weeping; woman