Lot Essay
The sitter was a poet, polemicist and a civil servant for the Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell. He is best known for his epic poem ‘Paradise Lost’, written in 1667.
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HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855)
John Milton (1608-1674), in black coat, dark grey cloak, white collar
Signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel 'Milton / London, Novr. 1845. / Painted by Henry Pierce Bone / Enamel Painter to Her Majesty, / H.R.H. Prince Albert from a / mutilated Picture in the / Possession of Mrs Dymoke / Wells'
Enamel on copper
Oval, 102 mm. high, carved giltwood frame
John Milton (1608-1674), in black coat, dark grey cloak, white collar
Signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel 'Milton / London, Novr. 1845. / Painted by Henry Pierce Bone / Enamel Painter to Her Majesty, / H.R.H. Prince Albert from a / mutilated Picture in the / Possession of Mrs Dymoke / Wells'
Enamel on copper
Oval, 102 mm. high, carved giltwood frame
Provenance
Possibly Henry George Bohn (1796-1884), Northend House, Twickenham; Christie's, London, 26 March 1885, lot 1208 (29.8 gns to Shepherd).
Christie's, London, 27 March 1984, lot 196.
Christie's, London, 27 March 1984, lot 196.
Exhibited
Possibly London, Royal Academy, 1848, no. 691.
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