medal
- Museum number
- G3,IP.703
- Description
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Bronze medal. (whole)
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Bust of John Milton, right, hair long, in falling collar, coat, and mantle. (obverse)
- Production date
- 1737
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 52.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 2, published in 1885, states:
Rare.
William Benson, better known by the style of Auditor Benson, employed Rysbrach to erect the monument to the memory of Milton which now exists in Westminster Abbey, and engaged Tanner to engrave this medal, one of which he presented on the 9th December 1738, the anniversary of Milton's birthday, to the author of the best poem in praise of Paradise Lost. The portrait on the monument was taken from a bust in the possession of Mr. Thomas Hollis, and from a drawing by Faithorne.
See Snelling, Thomas, 'Thirty-nine Plates of English Medals', London, 1766, xxvi. 4.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1825
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- G3,IP.703
- C&M catalogue number
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MB2 (Medallic Illustrations 2) (524) (83)
