John Milton

Caroline Watson|Samuel Cooper|John Milton

1786 · Stipple and engraving · Drawings and Prints

This supposed portrait of John Milton derives from a miniature owned by the artist Sir Joshua Reynolds with an inscription from back of miniature transcribed on an oval below. Even in Reynolds' day the sitter was often identified as John Thurloe. Scenes from Paradise Lost have been added below here to strengthen the connection to Milton.

Artist

Caroline Watson|Samuel Cooper|John Milton

Date

1786

Medium

Stipple and engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917