Earliest Illustrators of Milton's Paradise Lost

1688    Paradise Lost.   Ed. R. Bentley and J. Tonson.   Illus. John Baptist Medina.  

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1720     The Poetical Works .   Ed. Jo. Tonson.   Illus. Cheron and one by Thornhill.

1749      Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained .   Ed. T. Newton.   Illus. Francis Hayman.

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1777     The Poetical Works.    Poets of Great Britain .   Ed. Bell.   Illus. J.H. Mortimer.

1781      Paradise Lost.   The Poetical Magazine .   Illus.   Dodd.

1794      Paradise Lost .   Ed. J. and H. Richter.   Illus.   H. Richter.

1794-7   The Poetical Works .   Ed. J. and J. Boydell.   Illus.   Richard Westall.

1795-6   The Poetical Works .   Ed. C. Cooke.   Illus. Kirk and one by Brown.

1796             Paradise Lost.   Ed. J. Parsons.   Illus. H. Singleton and R. Corbould.

1799             Paradise Lost .   Ed. C. Whittingham.   Illus.   Edward F. Burney.

1802             Paradise Lost.   Ed. Du Rouveray.   Illus.   J. H. Fuseli and W. Hamilton.

1804             Paradise Lost .   The Albion Press.   Illus. M. Craig.

1805-8   The Poetical Works.   The Works of the British Poets .   Ed. T. Park   Illus. J.H. Fuseli and             Richard Westall.

1805-6   The Poetical Works.   Ed. J. Heath and G. Kearsley.   English Poets .   Ed. Aikin.   Vols.    12-15.   Illus. J. Thurston and H. Howard.

1806             Paradise Lost.   Ed. W. Suttaby.   Illus.   J. Thurston.

1806     The Poetical Works .   W. Suttaby.   Illus. Fuseli, Stothard, and Urwins.

1808             Paradise Lost .   B.J. and R. Johnson.   One anon. illus., engraved by C. Tiebout.

1812             Paradise Lost .   Liverpool.   Illus.   W.M. Craig.

1813             Paradise Lost .   Ed. T. Tegg.   One illus. S. Springsguth.

1817             Paradise Lost .   Ed. C. Whittingham.   Illus.   Richard Westall.

1817             Paradise Lost.    Ed. J. Mawman.    Illus.   Edward F. Burney, one by H. Corbould.

1821     The Poetical Works .   Ed. Suttaby, Evance, and Fox.   Frontispiece by H. Howard.

1825-7   Paradise Lost.   Ed. S. Prowett.   Illus. John Martin.

1829             Paradise Lost .   "Printed for the booksellers."   One illus., attributed to Corbould.

1835     The Poetical Works of John Milton .   Ed.   J. Macrone.   Ilus.   J.M.W. Turner.

1839             Paradise Lost .   English Classics.   One illus. by T. Urwins.

1843             Paradise Lost .   Ed. Tilt.   Illus. W. Harvey.

1859             Poetical Works .   Ed. Sir Egerton Brydges.   Illus. John Martin, J.M.W. Turner, O. Pelton,                                                 Richard Westall, G. Romney.

1866             Paradise Lost.   Illus. Gustave Doré.  

(In the middle of the nineteenth century, editors changed their taste for illustrations of Milton's poems, shying away from Paradise Lost and gravitating towards "L'Allegro," "Il Penseroso," and "Comus.")       

Abbreviated List of Paradise Lost Illustrators

                                                1688                 Medina

                                                1720                 Cheron and Thornhill

                                                1749                 Hayman

                                                1777                 Mortimer

                                                1781                 Dodd

                                                1794                 Richter

                                                1794-7             Westall

                                                1795-6             Kirk and Brown

                                                1796                 Singleton and Corbould

                                                1799                 Burney

                                                1802                 Fuseli and Hamilton

                                                1804                 Craig

                                                1805-8             Fuseli and Westall

                                                1805-6             Thurston and Howard

                                                1806                 Thurston

                                                1806                 Fuseli and Stothard and Uwins

                                                1808                 Anon., engraved Tiebout

                                                1812                 Craig

                                                1813                 Springsguth

                                                1817                 Westall

                                                1817                 Burney and Corbould

                                                1821                 Howard

                                                1825-7             Martin            

                                                1829                 Corbould        

                                                1835                 Turner                  

                                                1839                 Uwins  

                                                1843                 Harvey

                                                1866                 Doré    

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