[John Milton] [print] / J. Richardson f.

Record ID: 
450512
Accession number: 
MA 23870
Author: 
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, etcher.
Created: 
[London?] : publisher not identified, [between 1730 and 1750]
Description: 
1 print : etching ; plate mark: 206 x 148 mm; sheet: 210 x 151 mm
Notes: 

Title supplied by cataloger.
2nd state, with the addition of the six lines of verse by Richardson Junior.
Lettered below portrait with six lines, beginning: Authentic Homer Light's whole fountain flows / Immense! Feirce dazling yet & torrent glows...", signed "J.R. jun".

Summary: 

Portrait of John Milton; bust, head turned towards the right, looking at viewer; with shoulder-length wavy hair; wearing a plain white square collar and a cloak over shoulders; after Faithorne.