Original 19th-century engraving, hand-colored, with the blind Milton dictating Paradise Lost to his daughters in the interior of his house. Engraved with the burin by Charles Courtry after the painting by Mihály Munkácsy, with the signatures of both engraved below the image.
Original 19th-century engraving, hand-colored, with the blind Milton dictating Paradise Lost to his daughters in the interior of his house. Engraved with the burin by Charles Courtry after the painting by Mihály Munkácsy, with the signatures of both engraved below the image.
Medium: Hand-colored copper engraving
Artist / after: Mihály Munkácsy (1844-1900)
Engraver / lithographer: Charles Jean Louis Courtry (1846-1897)
Date: 1878-1879
Source: The Magazine of Art (London)
Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.5 in (30.3 x 21.5 cm)
Condition: Good. Clean sheet, with the toning natural to the paper