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Title: Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books.
Author:
John Milton (British, London 1608–1674 London)
Sitter:
John Milton (British, London 1608–1674 London)
Engraver:
Frontispiece by Robert White (British, London 1645–1703 London)
Artist:
Frontispiece after William Faithorne the Elder (British, London ca. 1620–1691 London)
Engraver:
Plates 1-3, 5-7, 9-12 engraved by Michael Burghers (Dutch, ca. 1647/8–1727)
Designer:
Plates 3, 5-7, 9-11 designed by Sir John Baptiste de Medina (Belgian Flemish, Brussels 1659–1710 Edinburgh)
Designer:
Plate 4 designed by Bernard Lens II (British, 1659/60–1725)
Engraver:
Plate 4 engraved by Peter Paul Bouche (Flemish, ca. 1646–after 1693)
Draftsman:
Plate 7 drawn by Sir John Baptiste de Medina (Belgian Flemish, Brussels 1659–1710 Edinburgh)
Publisher:
Richard Bentley (British, ca. 1645–1697 London)
Publisher:
Jacob Tonson, the Elder (British, London 1655–1736 Barn Elms, Surrey)
Printer:
Miles Flesher (British, active 1682–87)
Date: 1688
Medium: Illustrations: engraving
Dimensions: 12 5/8 x 8 x 1 5/16 in. (32.1 x 20.3 x 3.3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elsha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Object Number: 66.558.1
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