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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).
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Title: John Milton as a Boy
Artist:
Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, Florence 1727–1785 Hammersmith (active London))
Artist:
After Cornelius Janssen (British, London, baptised 1593–1661 Utrecht)
Author:
Illustrates book by John Toland (Irish, 1670–1722)
Subject:
Associated with Thomas Hollis (British, London 1720–1774)
Sitter:
John Milton (British, London 1608–1674 London)
Date: 1760
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 7/16 × 6 11/16 in. (26.5 × 17 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Object Number: 24.63.406
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