Milton's Comus, 1842–48, Ink and brown wash on brown paper, sheet: 9 x 14 1/2 in. (22.9 x 36.8 cm), Drawings, Sir Joseph Noël Paton (British, Dunfermline, Scotland 1821–1901 Edinburgh), Milton centered his masque 'Comus' on a mythic figure that he called the son of Bacchus, and used to embody frenzied revelry. Here, he leads riotous followers through the woods at night–some sporting animal heads
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Milton, Comus, 1842–48, Ink, brown wash, paper, sheet, 9 x 14 1/2, 22.9 36.8 cm, Drawings, Sir Joseph Noël Paton, British, Dunfermline, Scotland, 1821–1901, Edinburgh, Milton centered, masque, mythic figure, son, Bacchus, embody frenzied, revelry, leads riotous, followers, woods, night– sporting, animal, heads
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