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in the same room as that of Walker himself, by himself. 

 Both are excellent works and exhibit men of pleasing features. 

 To Faithorne all must be grateful for having preserved for us, 

 as above stated, the only authentic portrait of Milton which 

 exists. He drew in crayons. Although his original drawing 

 is lost we have his own engraving from it, which may be 

 considered an original work. 



There are many engraved portraits of Milton. Perhaps 

 the best existing collection of them is in the possession of Dr. 

 J. F. Payne, F.R.S., the Hon. Librarian of the Royal College 

 of Physicians. Walker's portrait of and by himself is engraved 

 in the Virtue Collection. Dobson's by himself is in the same. 

 Faithorne's is also in the same. 



Amongst other able portrait painters who were in England, 

 in or about Milton's time, the following deserve mention : 

 Gilbert Jackson (who painted Sir John Bankes), Michael 

 Wright, John Riley, T. Brownover, Kerseboom, James Par- 

 mentier or Parmenter. Of these, Riley and Parmentier are 

 the only ones who have secured biographic notice in Pilkin- 

 ton's " Dictionary of Painters." It is related of Riley that he 

 was diffident of his own powers, and that had he possessed 

 Kneller's vanity he might have more than rivalled him. 

 It is possible that he was also not sufficiently complimentary 

 to his noble sitters. Charles II. is said to have observed, 

 on looking at his own portrait as given by Riley's pencil, 

 " Od's fish ! if it's like me, I am an ugly fellow." He secured 

 favour enough, however, to be employed to paint James II. 

 and his Queen, Mary of Modena, and after the revolution, 

 those of William and Mary. Milton was 38 when Riley 

 was born, and the latter could therefore have painted only 

 an old age portrait. Riley died seventeen years after Milton, 

 and, like him, of gout. 



James Parmentier was not an Englishman by birth. He 

 was not born till 1658, he could not, therefore, well have 

 painted Milton. Some of his best work is in Yorkshire (Hull 

 and Leeds). To Brownover we owe a fine portrait of Locke, 



