Drawing
after 1711 (drawn)
Title page to a collection of eight illustrations by John Baptist de Medina, for John Milton's Paradise Lost; Text of varying sizes and fonts within an ornamental frame, crediting John Baptist as the artist and including his date of death (1711); Pen on paper, with the borders painted in distemper to imitate a rusticated wall with an ornamental frame.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | pen on paper; the borders painted in distemper |
| Brief description | Title page to a collection of eight illustrations by John Baptist de Medina, for John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'; Text within an ornamental frame, crediting Baptist as the artist and including his date of death; Pen on paper, with the borders painted in distemper; after 1711. |
| Physical description | Title page to a collection of eight illustrations by John Baptist de Medina, for John Milton's Paradise Lost; Text of varying sizes and fonts within an ornamental frame, crediting John Baptist as the artist and including his date of death (1711); Pen on paper, with the borders painted in distemper to imitate a rusticated wall with an ornamental frame. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Text with the frame reads as follows:
ORIGINAL DRAWINGS / Eight in Number, / Being All that were ever designed / for Mr. Milton's Poem of / PARADISE LOST, / BY Sr. / JOHN BAPTIST / of / MEDINA. / GIOV. BATISTA de MEDINA / Natiuo de Brusselles, celebre Pittore, sulla maniera de P. P. Rubens. / Egli fu fecondo a ferace / Inuentore, e l'opere sue diedero sempre nel / Grande, / a furono accolte con fommo pia- / cere nella / SCOZIA e in LONDRA. / Mori età di 51 anni in Edemburgo, l'anno M.DCC[?] / FRANC. PELLEGRINO / in / ABC: PITTOR |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce |
| Object history | This is the title page introducing a set of eight illustrations designed by John Baptist de Medina for the fourth edition, folio, 1688, of Milton's 'Paradise Lost', which was the first published with plates. There are four other plates in the volume which were not designed by Medina. The one for book IV was by Bernard Lens, senior, and that for book XII was by Dr. Aldrich. The remaining two have no designer’s name. |
| Production | The borders painted in distemper by Pellegrino to imitate a rusticated wall with an ornamental frame or border near the composition. |
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| Literary reference | John Milton, 'Paradise Lost', fourth edition, folio, 1688. |
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| Bibliographic reference | DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | DYCE.548 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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