Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet Finish:Float frame 'Mime and the infant'

'Mime and the infant'

The Norman-Arab church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti (St John of the Hermits) was built in 1132

Inscribed below: 'GEORGIUS EDWARDS R

This warmly toned portrait shows the sitter at half-length

Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet Finish:Float frame 'Mime and the infant'Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet, 17th century, (1899). Portrait of Marvell (1621 1678) who helped to convince Charles II's government not to execute fellow poet John Milton for his antimonarchical writings and revolutionary activities. Illustration from Samuel Rawson Gardiner's Oliver Cromwell, (Goupil & Co, London, Paris, New York, 1899).