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Derby antique porcelain A Derby figure of the poet John Milton, shown standing beside a scroll with the quote from Paradis Lost:
"Into the Heav'n of Heavens
I have presum'd
An earthly guest
And drawn
Empyrial air".
He is leaning against a pedestal on whihc are depicted the figures of Adam and Eve being driven from the Garden of Eden by an avenging angel.
Ht: 12.5", 31.5 cm"
c.1760-5

This figure is possibly from a sculpture by John Cheere.

Ref: P. Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, pg. 62.
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Derby antique porcelain
 The scroll with the quote from Milton's Pardise Lost.
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