Description
The Milton Shield - a large Victorian electro-type shield, oval form, decorated with scenes from Milton's Paradise Lost. The central panel depicts in high relief Raphael and Adam and Eve; to the right and left of this are two panels showing marching and defeated rebel angels, above is God the Father and below the archangel Michael defeating Satan, with gilded highlights and a rope work border, in an ebonised frame, signed Morel-Ladeuil Fecit 1866, and signed Elkington, length 85cm.
*The Milton shield was designed for the Paris Exhibition of 1867, where it won a gold medal. The original is in the Victorian and Albert Museum.
