Title: The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum Artist: John Martin (English, 1789-1854) Date: ca. 1821 (damaged in 1928, restored in 2011) Genre: historical painting, landscape Movement: Romanticism Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 161.6 cm (63.6 in) high x 253 cm (99.6 in) wide Location: Tate Britain, London


















