Derby Figure of Milton
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An imposing Derby
figure of Milton, the Poet Laureate shown leaning on some books on a
pedestal which is decorated in relief with the scene of the Expulsion
from Eden from Paradise Lost and pointing to a scroll with a quote from
that poem. c.1760-65 Ht: 11.5", 29 cm The source for this is probably a maquette by John Cheere.  |