Art, Symbol & Imagination
Adam and Eve among the Animals
A lion and lioness occupy the foreground of a broad natural setting. Adam and Eve appear among the animals and vegetation beyond them. The caption’s reference to the first hunter places the scene within Milton’s account of the changed relations between creatures after the Fall.
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Illustrator not identified. "Adam and Eve among the Animals" [editorial title]. In The Poetical Works of John Milton, John Milton. undated edition, George Routledge and Sons. Source scan leaf 283. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0231-0283
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Illustrator not identified. Adam and Eve among the Animals. The Poetical Works of John Milton. Scan leaf 283. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0231-0283