An original steel engraving titled "Satan et Belzebuth se consultent": the two fallen angels, one with spear and shield, take counsel in a rocky defile. Drawn by Flatters and engraved by Louis-Auguste Darodes for the French edition of Milton's Paradise Lost.
An original steel engraving titled "Satan et Belzebuth se consultent": the two fallen angels, one with spear and shield, take counsel in a rocky defile. Drawn by Flatters and engraved by Louis-Auguste Darodes for the French edition of Milton's Paradise Lost.
The edition, published in Paris by Chardon about 1855 with Chateaubriand's translation, is one of the most ambitious illustrated series devoted to Milton's poem before the prints of Gustave Dore.
Medium: steel engraving on paper
Artist / after: Jean-Jacques Flatters
Engraver: Louis-Auguste Darodes
Date: c. 1855
Source: Le Paradis perdu by John Milton, Chardon, Paris
Dimensions: Sheet 11.8 x 16.9 in (30 x 43 cm)
Condition: fair; wide margins with isolated foxing at the edges