John Milton (1608-1674), English poet, 1870. Artist: Unknown

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John Milton (1608-1674), English poet, 1870. Milton is shown here imagined in later life when blind, seated by a small chamber organ. His most famous work is the epic Paradise Lost, first published in 1667.

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