John Milton, (1943). Portrait of English writer and poet John Milton (1608-1674) aged 62 in 1670, according to the Latin inscription. Milton, author of "Paradise Lost", became totally blind in about 1652. Engraving made early-mid 18th century. From "The English Bible", by Sir Herbert Grierson. [Collins, London, 1943]

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