Portrait of John Milton. England. 1800.
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Print of steel engraving titled „Milton.
Author unknown.
Engraved by unknown.
Published in London by L.Tallis.
John Milton (9 December 1608 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse.Milton's poetry and prose reflect deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self-determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. Writing in English, Latin, Greek, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica (1644)written in condemnation of pre-publication censorshipis among history's most influential and impassioned defences of free speech and freedom of the press.
Approx. image size 14 x 11, 2/21, 6 x 13, 1 cm.
Author unknown.
Engraved by unknown.
Published in London by L.Tallis.
John Milton (9 December 1608 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse.Milton's poetry and prose reflect deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self-determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. Writing in English, Latin, Greek, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica (1644)written in condemnation of pre-publication censorshipis among history's most influential and impassioned defences of free speech and freedom of the press.
Approx. image size 14 x 11, 2/21, 6 x 13, 1 cm.
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Portrait of John Milton. England. 1800.
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