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John Milton
3 of 14 portraits on display in Room 6 at the National Portrait Gallery
John Milton
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1629
23 1/2 in. x 19 in. (597 mm x 483 mm)
Purchased, 1961
Primary Collection
NPG 4222
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This portrait was recorded by John Aubrey: 'His [Milton's] widow has his picture drawne very well & like when a Cambridge schollar. He was so faire that they called him the Lady of Christ's coll[ege]...'.
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- NPG D38832: John Milton (source portrait)
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- Audio Guide
- Piper, David, The English Face, 1992, p. 86
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 432
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