Portrait of John Milton at the Age of Ten

Elizabeth Minshull Milton (third wife of the poet); her estate; from whom purchased by Charles Stanhope, Esq., 1736; Thomas Hollis, 3 June 1760; by descent to Thomas Brand Hollis; Dr. John Disney, 1804; by descent to John Disney the younger, 1816; Edgar Disney, 1857; London, sale, Christie's, 22 March 1884; J. Passmore Edwards, 1884; Thomas Agnew, London, 1910; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912.