George Vertue, 1747 - John Milton, Age 21 - fine art print

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Shown aged twenty-one, the poet wears a ruff and is surrounded by an elaborate frame. Below, busts of Homer and Virgil sit over a poem by Dryden. Created as the frontispiece for a volume published by George Vertue in 1731, this is a 1747 reissue with the poem added. The image derives from an anonymous oil portrait now at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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John Milton, Age 21 was by George Vertue. The original version measures the size: Plate: 9 3/8 × 6 11/16 in (23,8 × 17 cm) Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 3/4 in (26,2 × 19,7 cm) and was painted with the medium engraving. This piece of art can be viewed in in the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, United States of America. The artwork, which is in the public domain is included with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Louise Bechtel, 1958. The creditline of the artpiece is: Gift of Louise Bechtel, 1958. What is more, the alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait and has a ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width.

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