Jonathan Martin
Gallery of images behind the book, Jonathan Martin by Ansgar Allen.
This novel, or book of fragments, tells the life of Jonathan Martin (1782-1838), a self-proclaimed prophet and certified lunatic, who set fire to York Minster in 1829, and was committed to Bedlam that same year.
BEFORE THE FIRE
The Son of Bonaparte, from The Life of Jonathan Martin, 2nd Edition, 1826
Jonathan Martin’s Providential Escape from a Watery Grave, from The Life of Jonathan Martin, 1826
THE FIRE AND AFTERMATH
Sketch of York Minster as on Monday 2 February 1829, from a pen-and-ink sketch by an eyewitness, reproduced in Thomas Balston The Life of Jonathan Martin, 1945
Poster, 5 February 1829, printed by Barnes and Co., Printers, North Shields, reproduced in Balston
Poster, 7 February 1829, printed by H. Bellerby, Gazette Office, York, reproduced in Balston
The Minster in Ruins after the Fire, 1829
AT BEDLAM
Hell’s Gates, Jonathan Martin, 1830 (Bethlem Museum of the Mind)
London’s Overthrow [recto], Jonathan Martin, 1830 (Bethlem Museum of the Mind)
London’s Overthrow [verso], Jonathan Martin, 1830 (Bethlem Museum of the Mind)
My Dream of My Foot Cut off, Jonathan Martin, 1829 (Bethlem Museum of the Mind)
The Lambton Worm and Self Portrait, Jonathan Martin, 1829 (Bethlem Museum of the Mind)
Jonathan Martin’s Combat with the Black Lion, Jonathan Martin, 1829
Ansgar Allen 