| Method | Stipple engraving |
| Artist | Thomas Kirk after Richard Westall |
| Published | Published March 25th. 1797, by J.&J. Boydell, & G. Nicol, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90, Cheapside. |
| Dimensions | Image 220 x 154 mm, Sheet 379 x 274 mm |
| Notes |
An illustration of Lines 10-114 of Milton's tragic play Samson Agonistes from John and Josiah Boydell's The Poetical Works of John Milton (1794-1797). Samson, blinded and in chains, has left his prison cell in Gaza to seek a quiet place in the open air where he can be alone in his misery. The publication of Boydell's Milton followed the success of his Shakespeare Gallery, and included 28 plates by Richard Westall after works by Henry Fuseli. Fuseli, one of the Shakespeare Gallery's key contributors, had been inspired by Boydell's success, subsequently painting 40 large-scale scenes from Paradise Lost that he intended to form the core of his own 'Milton Gallery'. Richard Westall RA (2nd January 1765 - 4th December 1836) was a British painter, illustrator, printmaker, and drawing master, best known for his portraits of Lord Byron, and his work as a painter for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, and Henry Fuseli's failed Milton Gallery. Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) was a British artist, illustrator, and engraver most famous for his engravings after Angelica Kauffman, Robert Westall, and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, collector's mark on verso |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £75.00 |
| Stock ID | 36246 |