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THE
SIXTH ANGEL, ETC.
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REVELATIONS, Chap IX. Verses 14, 15.
PAINTED BT
HENRY HOWARD, ESO. R. A.
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river
Euphrates.
" And the four angels icere loosed, which icere prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for
to slay the third part of men."
J ■
Though the book of Revelations is admitted by the Church of England among
the Canonical Scriptures, yet many English divines doubt its sacred inspiration.
No person of taste can, however, question its being inspired by a lofty imagi-
nation, for it contains descriptions as grand and awful as it is possible for the
human mind to conceive. Terror is here arrayed in the most magnificent and
appalling forms. Its instruments are the noblest of the brute inhabitants of the
earth, and man ; the elements and the planetary creation ; and reaching beyond
materiality, it appears amidst infernal and celestial intelligences, and at the
summit of sublime existence, exhibits the Deity himself. On these accounts it
is peculiarly adapted to display the loftier powers of imagination in Painting,
and it was therefore appropriate for a Painter who possesses an elegant and
lively fancy, to select from it a subject as a specimen of his talents on being
elected to the honour of Royal Academician.* Mr. Howard has chosen that
* It is customary for every Artist, on being admitted a member of the Royal Academy, to present to
the Society a specimen of his works. Several of these, from Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, are
preserved in the Council-room of that Institution; and are publicly exhibited this year (1811) with the
works of living Artists.
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SIXTH ANGEL, ETC.
( . % , , ' FROM , : - , _ : •
REVELATIONS, Chap IX. Verses 14, 15.
PAINTED BT
HENRY HOWARD, ESO. R. A.
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river
Euphrates.
" And the four angels icere loosed, which icere prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for
to slay the third part of men."
J ■
Though the book of Revelations is admitted by the Church of England among
the Canonical Scriptures, yet many English divines doubt its sacred inspiration.
No person of taste can, however, question its being inspired by a lofty imagi-
nation, for it contains descriptions as grand and awful as it is possible for the
human mind to conceive. Terror is here arrayed in the most magnificent and
appalling forms. Its instruments are the noblest of the brute inhabitants of the
earth, and man ; the elements and the planetary creation ; and reaching beyond
materiality, it appears amidst infernal and celestial intelligences, and at the
summit of sublime existence, exhibits the Deity himself. On these accounts it
is peculiarly adapted to display the loftier powers of imagination in Painting,
and it was therefore appropriate for a Painter who possesses an elegant and
lively fancy, to select from it a subject as a specimen of his talents on being
elected to the honour of Royal Academician.* Mr. Howard has chosen that
* It is customary for every Artist, on being admitted a member of the Royal Academy, to present to
the Society a specimen of his works. Several of these, from Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, are
preserved in the Council-room of that Institution; and are publicly exhibited this year (1811) with the
works of living Artists.
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