John Milton and his two daughters
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Original Format
Painting
Physical Dimensions
2060 x 2060 mm
Date (notes)
1794
Creator
Romney, George
Description
Painting showing the poet John Milton dictating paradise lost to his two daughters. See https://www.freeart.com/gallery/r/romney/romney154.html for image of painting, https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw199476/John-Milton-and-his-two-daughters-Deborah-Milton-Mary-Milton-John-Milton for engraving from the image by Benjamin Smith, published by Boydell and Nicol in 1795
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Citation
“John Milton and his two daughters,” A Museum of Relationships: The correspondence of William Hayley (1745-1820), accessed December 3, 2024, https://hayleypapers.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/items/show/396.