Portrait Bust of John Milton, 1865

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This is a portrait bust of John Milton (1608-1674). He was a writer and a poet who moved to Chalfont St Giles to escape the plague in London. He suffered a bilateral retinal detachment in 1652 and by the time he wrote the poem he is famous for, Paradise Lost, he was blind in both eyes. This is part of a collection held at Milton’s Cottage, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire.

Dimensions: W 27 cm, H 35cm. D 12cm. Weight: 27.80kg Materials: Parian clay

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