John Milton as a Boy

John Toland|John Milton|Cornelius Janssen|Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Thomas Hollis

1760 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Milton here wears a doublet and lace collar, costume in fashion when he was a boy. Based on a portrait from life, the engraving was published to illustrate a 1761 edition of John Toland's "Life of Milton" then reissued in Francis Blackburne's "Memoirs of Thomas Hollis" (1780).

Artist

John Toland|John Milton|Cornelius Janssen|Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Thomas Hollis

Date

1760

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924