John Milton (1608-1674), Poet
Sitter associated with 70 portraits
Milton is regarded as one of the greatest English poets and a master of political pamphleteering. Forceful and idealistic, he served the Commonwealth as Latin Secretary but was arrested upon the restoration of Charles II. The tragic circumstances of his life - an unhappy marriage, the premature death of his second wife and his eventual blindness in 1652 - are reflected in the often despairing tone of his work. Milton is best known for his epics, Paradise Lost (1667), Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes (1671).
by George Vertue, after William Faithorne
engraving, published 1750
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by Giovanni Battista Cipriani, after Cornelius Johnson
line engraving, 1780 (1618)
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by Giovanni Battista Cipriani, after William Faithorne
etching, published 1780 (1760)
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'John Milton and his two daughters' (Deborah Milton; Mary Milton; John Milton)
by Benjamin Smith, published by John Boydell, published by Josiah Boydell, published by George Nicol, after George Romney
stipple engraving, published 4 June 1795
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by and published for George Quinton, published by William Stevenson, sold by John Boydell, after Pieter van der Plas
stipple engraving, published 1 August 1797
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by Charles Pye, after Cornelius Johnson
line engraving, published March 1823
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by James Faed, published by Henry Graves & Co, after John Faed
mezzotint, published 20 June 1859
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published by Photographische Gesellschaft, after Pieter van der Plas
photogravure, circa 1900
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Milton's Cottage, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire
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Literature, Journalism and Publishing
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Poets
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Buckinghamshire
London
