John Milton, Age 21. Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/8 × 6 11/16 in. (23.8 × 17 cm)Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 3/4 in. (26.2 × 19.7 cm). Engraver: George Vertue (British, London 1684-1756). Sitter: John Milton (British, London 1608-1674 London). Date: 1747.Shown aged twenty-one, the poet wears a ruff and is surrounded by an elaborate frame. Below, busts of Homer and Virgil sit over a poem by Dryden. Created as the frontispiece for a volume published by George Vertue in 1731, this is a 1747 reissue with the poem added. The image derives from an anonymous oil portrait now at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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