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Bust Portrait of John Milton, Age 21

Maker

(artist)
1616-1691

(engraver)
1684-1756

Jacob, the elder Tonson (publisher)
1655/56 - 1736 (Life dates)

Title

Bust Portrait of John Milton, Age 21

Date of Production

1763

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 11.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4441

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower centre on mount, typed: W. FAITHORNE

Inscription: Recto: lower centre within image, printed: IONNES MILTON / AEtatis Sux. 21

Inscription: Recto: lower right margin, printed: G. Vertue fculp

Stamp: Recto: upper centre on mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY

Inscription: Recto: lower left on mount, typed: Milton, Newton, I, 1763

Inscription: Recto: lower centre on mount, handwritten in pencil: BS23-1-1

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