L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, by John Milton, illustrated by William Blake
L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, by John Milton, illustrated by William Blake
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Paperback – 188 x 150 mm – 30 pages
Twelve colour illustrations
ISBN 9781843681892
Blake engaged with the legacy of Milton all his life. These watercolours, made around 1816-20 to illustrate the most perfect of Milton’s shorter poems, are some of the finest of all his works.
All twelve watercolours are reproduced here actual size.
Milton lov’d me in childhood & shew’d me his face
William Blake