John Milton
1608 - 1674
In Effigiei eius Sculptor
1645
Text:John Milton, The Major Works,ed. Stephen Orgel, Jonathan Goldberg,Oxford University Press, 2003
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Engraving by William Marshall
In Effigiei eius Sculptor
Ἀμαβεῖ γεγράφθαι χειρὶ τήνδε μὲν εἰκόναΦαίηις τάχ' ἄν, πρὸς εἶδος αὐτοφυὲς βλέπων·Τὸν δ'ἐκτυπωτὸν οὐκ ἐπιγνόντες φίλοιΓελᾶτε φαύλου δυσμίμημα ζωγράφου.
On the Engraver of his Portrait Viewing the original, you might say that this picture was done by an inept hand. Friends, since you cannot recognize the man depicted, laugh at the wretched picture of a wretched artist. |