This cartoon of Young Milton was produced for a set of windows in the Combination Room of Peterhouse College, Cambridge, executed by Morris, Marshall, Falkner & Co. The figure was one of ten in the windows on the side of the Principal Court. The company were also commissioned to produce the stained glass for a bay window in the Combination Room and windows in Peterhouse Hall. According to Hueffer, this cartoon was entered into Brown's account book in late 1872 although work was not completed on the windows until 1874. This must account for Brown's loose dating of the cartoon, 'c. 74.' In the completed stained glass window, Milton is depicted with long hair and a brown cloak lined in blue. He holds a hat and the edge of his robes in his left hand and an open book in his right. In 1873 Brown also produced a cartoon of Milton for Cragside, Rothbury, but for this commission he depicted him as an old and blind.
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