Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books

1688

Bernard Lens

Artist, English, 1659 - 1725

Michael Burghers

Artist, Dutch, c. 1640 - c. 1723

Robert White

Artist, English, 1645 - 1703

John Milton

Author, English, 1608 - 1674

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 12 engravings

  • Credit Line

    Professor William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (bk): 39.4 x 25.1 x 3.8 cm (15 1/2 x 9 7/8 x 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2005.129.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Radcliffe; "JSB" 1894; Thomas Edward Watson, by descent to last owner; Christie's, 8/VI/'05; (Bernard Quaritch Ltd.); Purchased 2005 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 76 b.

Inscriptions

by later hand on Bookplate inside front cover: Thomas Edward Watson / St. Mary's Lodge. Newport. Mon.; by later hand in graphite on Front free flyleaf: Bought at [?] / St. Peter's Day '94 / on my way to Rudley / (JSB 187 / (Radcliffe sale); Was the B. De Medina the Sir J. Baptist Medina / b. at Brussels 1660 d. Edinbro? [?] / but little known of [?] (p. 85) his son / was more famous.

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