John Milton, Age 21 (frontispiece: Paradise Regained)

Michael Vandergucht|John Milton

1747 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

The poet is portrayed here with shoulder-length hair, his arm wrapped in a cloak, and stands before a landscape. Based on a painting once in the collection of Lord Onslow, the image was first engraved by William Marshall to serve as a frontispiece in a 1645 edition of Milton's Poems. This print copies the latter, and omits the figures originally used to decorate the corners of the frame.

Artist

Michael Vandergucht|John Milton

Date

1747

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Junius S. Morgan, 1929