Milton’s house, York Street, Tothill fields ; Portrait of Milton ; His burial place at St. Giles, Cripplegate

Milton’s house, York Street, Tothill fields ; Portrait of Milton ; His burial place at St. Giles, Cripplegate

Item Information

Title:
Milton’s house, York Street, Tothill fields ; Portrait of Milton ; His burial place at St. Giles, Cripplegate
Description:
Information from accompanying cards: The fore-edge painting on "Paradise Lost" is divided into three parts showing (1) Milton’s house, York Street, Tothill fields, (2) Portrait of Milton and (3) his burial place at St. Giles, Cripplegate.
Date:
(c) 1796
Format:
Paintings
Genre:
Watercolors
Portrait paintings
Fore-edge painting
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Special Collections, Rare Books
Subjects:
Authors
Houses
Cemeteries
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Places:
England > London
Extent:
1 painting : watercolor on fore edge of book
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/fq9783012
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from accompanying cards.
Found on: Milton's Paradise lost, vol. 1
Notes (acquisition):
Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, May 1951.
Notes (date):
Date of painting unknown. Publication date of book: 1796.
Notes (object):
Fore-edge/fanned to the right
Identifier:
07_04_000074A
Call #:
RARE BKS PR3560 .A1 1795x
Barcode:
39999063111437