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In Henry Fuseli’s 1794 painting, “Milton Dictating to His Daughter”, 17th century English poet John Milton is depicted as having a discolored face, & sickly. How physically ill was Milton when he was dictating “Paradise Lost”?

by /u/Damned-scoundrel in /r/AskHistorians

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