Illustrations studied at the Harry Ransom Center of

the University of Texas at Austin,

summer, 1995.


2.
  Milton, John.   Paradise Lost .   Ed. Thomas Newton.   Illus. Francis Hayman.   2 vols.   London: J. and R. Tonson, 1749.

(The two volumes are very large quarto with extensive footnotes and indices.   14 full page illus.)

Illustrations for Volume 1:

Frontispiece                  Young Milton

Facing p. 2                   Book I           Satan points above rebel angels and flames.

Facing p. 78                 Book II          Satan, Sin and Death.

Facing p. 162               Book III         Satan asks directions from Uriel.

Facing p. 226               Book IV         Satan watches Adam and Eve together: dog, lion, lamb,                                                                                                                                unicorn.

Facing p. 310               Book V          Adam and Eve in garden.

Facing p. 382               Book VI         Christ throws out rebel angels.

Illustrations for Volume II:

Frontispiece                  Mature Milton

Facing p. 4                   Book VII        Adam leans against tree and Raphael instructs.

Facing p. 64                 Book VIII       Raphael instructs Adam (similar to previous illus.).

Facing p. 118               Book IX         Eve offers Adam an apple: no snake; garland falls.

Facing p. 212               Book X          Christ descends to Adam and Eve, snake present.

Facing p. 302               Book XI          Michael shows Adam Cain killing Abel.

Facing p. 378               Book XII         Expulsion, Michael in helmet, Adam and Eve in skins.



 


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