Johannes Hough Episcopus Vigorniensis Anno Aetatis 91:mo Consecrationis 51:mo.
Dyer pinx.t. J.Faber fecit. Published according to Act of Parliament, and Sold by Wm Sandby at ye Ship without Temple Barr [n.d. c.1742]. Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper at edges. A seated portrait of John Hough (1651 - 1743), who served as bishop of Oxford, Lichfield & Coventry and Worcester. Hough was also elected President at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1687, but was prevented from taking his role by James II, who objected to his anti-Catholocism. After the Glorious Revolution he became president. CS: 192. i of ii. Ex: Belton Collection & the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
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