Portrait of John Milton - Original Engraving by Sixdeniers - Paris
search
  • Portrait of John Milton - Original Engraving by Sixdeniers - Paris

Portrait of John Milton - Original Engraving by Sixdeniers - Paris

€50.00
Tax included

An original steel engraving with the portrait of John Milton emerging from a halo of cloud and rays of light, with long hair and a white collar. Signed "Sixdeniers sculpt." and printed in Paris as the frontispiece to an illustrated edition of Paradise Lost.

Quantity
In Stock

An original steel engraving with the portrait of John Milton emerging from a halo of cloud and rays of light, with long hair and a white collar. Signed "Sixdeniers sculpt." and printed in Paris as the frontispiece to an illustrated edition of Paradise Lost.

The French edition of Le Paradis perdu, in Chateaubriand's translation, was published in Paris by Chardon with a body of steel engravings which this portrait opens.

Medium: steel engraving on paper
Engraver: Sixdeniers
Source: frontispiece to Le Paradis perdu by John Milton, Paris
Dimensions: Sheet 11.8 x 16.9 in (30 x 43 cm)
Condition: fair; wide margins with foxing scattered throughout, chiefly in the left margin

3077