John Milton
Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch, 1698 - 1780
1741
Engraving on wove paper
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (41.3 × 24.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.958.324
Publisher
J. and P. Knapton
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, around image: JOHN MILTON; lower left: In the Collection of the right Hon: Arthur Onston Esq.r Speaker of the House of Commons. Impoensis I. & P. Knapton, Londini, 1741; right: J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1741.
Provenance
The Book & Print Shop, Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1958.
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