English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

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Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

Galileo Galilei receiving a visit from John Milton at the Torre del Gallo. Photograph after a painting by A. Gatti.

John Milton dictating Paradise lost to one of his daughters while the other embroiders and his wife looks on. Wood engraving by F. Méaulle after Michael Munkacsy.

Galileo Galilei: sculptured group of Galileo Galilei and John Milton by Cesare Aureli. Process print.

Milton visiting Galileo when a prisoner of the Inquisition. Oil painting by Solomon Alexander Hart, 1847.

Stars of the dawn chorus, The Robin : welcome to the new day.

John Milton dictating 'Paradise Lost' to his daughter due to his blindness. Line engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.

Anna Seward. Stipple engraving by A. Cardon, 1811, after T. Kettle, 1762.

Galileo Galilei receiving John Milton. Oil painting by Annibale Gatti.

Galileo as symbol : the 'Tuscan artist' in 'Paradise Lost' / Neil Harris.

Towards reading Freud : self-creation in Milton, Wordsworth, Emerson, and Sigmund Freud / Mark Edmundson.

The angel Raphael appears among the animals in the garden of Eden to gaze upon Adam and Eve. Aquatint with etching by R. Pollard, 1792, after C. Metz.

Death looms above a group of people inflicted with various physical and mental diseases - a lazar house. Stipple engraving by M. Haughton, 1813, after H. Fuseli.

The gates of Eden open to expel Adam and Eve, who stand caught in a terrified embrace. Aquatint by M. Haughton, 1805 after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).

Fever, represented as a frenzied beast, stands racked in the centre of a room, while a blue monster, representing ague, ensnares his victim by the fireside; a doctor writes prescriptions to the right. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

Of education : to Samuel Hartlib.

A complete collection of the historical, political, and miscellaneous works of John Milton, both English and Latin. With som [sic] papers never before publish'd ... To which is prefix'd the life of the author [by J. Toland] Containing, besides the history of his works, several extraordinary characters of men and books, sects, parties, and opinions / [John Milton].

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John Milton

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Images by John Milton

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A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

Of education : to Samuel Hartlib.

The gates of Eden open to expel Adam and Eve, who stand caught in a terrified embrace. Aquatint by M. Haughton, 1805 after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).

The angel Raphael appears among the animals in the garden of Eden to gaze upon Adam and Eve. Aquatint with etching by R. Pollard, 1792, after C. Metz.

John Milton

Images from the collections

Images by John Milton

Images featuring John Milton

Works from the collections

A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

Of education : to Samuel Hartlib.

The gates of Eden open to expel Adam and Eve, who stand caught in a terrified embrace. Aquatint by M. Haughton, 1805 after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).

The angel Raphael appears among the animals in the garden of Eden to gaze upon Adam and Eve. Aquatint with etching by R. Pollard, 1792, after C. Metz.

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