second Jane Hood, 1605 ; brought to London and pre-
sented to the King, 1635 ; d. 1635, buried in Westminster
Abbey.
Three-quarters length, standing three-quarters to 1. ; white
hair, moustache and beard ; falling collar ; brown jacket
and breeches ; knotted girdle round waist ; his r. hand
holds a staff, his 1. grasps his girdle ; landscape background
with overhanging rock to r. ; inscribed aetis sue 152. Canvas,
41 X 31 J in.
Formed part, in 1656, of the Tradescantian Museum made over
to the University by Elias Ashmole, 1683.
A similar picture is in the National Portrait Gallery, where it
is attributed to the school of Paul Van Somer.
15 RICHARD ASTLEY.
All Souls College (The Wakden).
B.A., Lincoln College, 1593 ; M.A., All Souls College, 1596 ;
Fellow, 1615; Warden, 1618; D.D., 1619; Chaplain to
Archbishop Abbot ; d. 1635.
Bust three-quarters to r. ; grey hair, moustache and peaked
beard ; black skull-cap ; pleated ruff; black dress ; his r. hand
holds a book before him ; dark background ; inscribed to 1.
with name of subject, to r. dei imago luce at in peototypo
MEO ; painted in an oval spandrel. Canvas, 29^ X 243 '"•
Bequeathed to the College by George Clarke, 1736.
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16 JOHN TRADESCANT THE ELDER.
VlSITOBS or TIIK ASHMOLKAN MUBEUM.
l*robably from the Eastern counties ; travelled to Russia by sea,
1618, and wrote the earliest account of Russian plants;
joined as gentleman volunteer an expedition against the
corsairs of Algiers, and introduced thence the apricot into
England, 1620 ; established a museum and physic garden at
Lambeth ; the first in Englaiul to make any considerable
collection of s{>ccimens of natural history ; the first gardener at
the Botanic Garden in Oxford, 1632; d. 16S7.
Bust, three-quarters to r., emerging from clouds against cloudy
background ; grey hair, beard and moustache ; black skull-
cap ; falling collar ; black dress. Panel, 6^ X 5| in.
Formed part of the Tradescantian Museum made over to the
University by Elias Ashmole, 1683.
Engraved by W. Hollar, 1656.
17 GEORGE ABBOT.
Unnmsmr Colueoe.
B. 1562; Fellow of Balliol, 1583; M.A., 1585; D.D. and
Master of University College, 1597; Vice-Chancellor, 1600,
1608, 1605 ; an eminent puritan, by his orders a number of
religious pictures in Oxford were burnt ; Bishop of Coventry
and Lichfifld, 1609, of London, 1610; Archbishop of Canter-
bury, 1611 ; Benefactor to Balliol, University, and Pembroke
Colleges ; d. 1633.
Three-quarters length, standing slightly to r. ; grey hair, mou-
stache and beard; black square cap ; pleated run ; white rochet ;
black chimcre ; his r. hand rests on a stick, his 1. holds one of
several books upon a table to r. ; in background curtain to 1.,
bookcase to r. Canvas, 43^ x 33^ in.
A similar picture is in the possession of the Earl of Verulam.
18 SIR HENRY WOTTON.
CUKATOIS OP THE BoDL£IAN LiBKARY.
B. 1568; educated at New Collie, 1584; Queen's College,
1586; B.A., 1588; travelled, 1588-95; employed by Essex
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to collect foreign intelligence ; knighted, 1604 ; Ambassador to
Venice and employed on diplomatic missions, 1604-24 ; M.P.
for Appleby, 1614, for Sandwich, 1625 ; Provost of Eton,
1624 ; d. 1639.
Half length, standing three-quarters to r. ; grey hair, moustache
and beard; pleated ruff"; black dr;.ss and cloak lined with brown
fur ; his 1. hand holds a fold of his cloak, his r. a book resting
on a table to 1. ; dark background ; inscribed aetatis suae 62
A° 1620. Canvas, 39 X 32^ in.
Given to the University by Sir Edward Stanley, 1780.
19 RICHARD RANDS.
Trinity College.
B, 1590; Scholar of Trinity College, 1605; Fellow, 1610-23;
M.A., 1612 ; B.D., 1619 ; Rector of Hartfield, Sussex ; Bene-
factor to Trinity and Hartfield by will ; d. 1640.
Bust, three-quarters to 1. ; brown hair falling to neck ; clean
shaven face ; square bands ; black dress ; dark background ;
painted in an ornamental oval spandrel. Canvas, 29 x 24 in.
20 SIR WILLIAM PADDY.
St. John's College.
B. 1554 ; educated at St. John's College ; B.A., 1673 ; M.D.,
Leyden, 1589; Physician to King James I; knighted, 1603;
President of the College of Physicians, 1609-11 and 1618 ;
Benefactor to St. John's College ; d. 1634.
Three-quarters length, seated three-quarters to 1. ; brown hair,
moustache and beard ; pleated ruff ; scarlet M.D. habit ; his
1. hand rests on the arm of his chair, his r. holds an anato-
mical diagram ; architectural background inscribed with the
name of the donor William Gibbons (d. 1728). Canvas,
53 X 41 in.
An earlier portrait of the same personage was in last year's
exhibition.
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21 JOHN BANCHOJT.
GoTSBMiKG Boor OF Christ Chvbch.
B. 1574; Student of Christ Church, 159«; M.A., 1599; D.D.,
1609, and IVcbendary of St. Paul's; Master of University
College, 1610; Bishop of Oxford, 1632; built Cuddesdon
Palace; d. 1640.
Half length, slightly to 1. ; gr^ moustache and square beard ;
black s(|uare can ; pleated ruff; white rochet ; blacic chiniere ;
both hands holding a book before him ; dark brown back-
ground. Canvas, ^ x 25| in.
SS JOHN BANCROFT.
UMrrxBsmr College.
Three-quarters length, standing slightly to r. ; grey moustache
and 8(]uare beard; black square cap; narrow pleated rulT;
white rochet ; black chimere ; his r. nand holds a book, his 1.
rest* upon a skull lying upon a table to r. ; dark background,
view of Cuddesdon Palace through opening to 1. Canvas,
41 X 33^ in.
23 ROBERT WRIGHT.
Wadhah College.
B. 1660; Scholar of Trinity College, 1574; Fellow, 1581 ; M.A.,
1584; D.D., 1597; Canon and Treasurer of Wells, 1601;
first Warden of Worlhani College for three months, 1613;
Bishop of Bristol, 1622, of Lichfield and Coventry, 1632;
a supporter of Laud ; sent to the Tower by the House of
Commons 1641 ; released, 1642; d. 1643.
Half length, three-quarters to 1. ; grey hair, moustache and
square beard ; pleated ruff; white rochet ; black chimere ;
his r. hand on his breast, his 1. holds a book ; grey back-
ground, shields of arms at either side ; inscribed aktatis suae
72 AN" DKi 1632. Panel, 41 x 33 in.
84 RALPH KETTEL.
Twymr College (The PaEsiDian-).
B. 1563 ; Scholar of Trinity CoUmk, 1679 ; Fellow, 1583 ; D.D.,
1697 : President, 1599 ; ' he had a very venerable presence and
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was an excellent governor ; his fashion was to go up and down
the college, and peep in at the keyholes to see whether the
boys did mind their books or no. He was irreconcileable to
long hair ; when he observed the scholars' hair longer than
ordinary he would bring a pair of scissors in his muff, and
woe be to them that sat on the outside of the table. He
scolded best in Latin,' but ' was a person of great charity, and
where he observed diligent boys that he guessed had but
a slender exhibition would many times put money in at their
windows' [A.]; d. 1643.
Bust, slightly to 1. ; white moustache and beard ; black cap ;
pleated ruff; black and brown dress; dark background.
Canvas, 13^ x 10 in.
Traditionally said to have been painted from memory by George
Bathurst, d. 1647.
25 WILLIAM NOYE.
Exeter College.
B. 1577; entered Exeter College, 1593; member of Lincoln's
Inn, 1594; called to the Bar, 1602; Bencher, 1618;
Treasurer, 1632; M.P. for Grampound, Cornwall, 1604-11;
Attorney-General, 1631 ; suggested the expedient of ship-
money; d. 1634.
Bust, three-quarters to 1. ; brown hair, moustache and peaked
beard; lace-edged falling ruff; black dress slfished with
white ; dark background ; painted in an oval spandrel.
Canvas, 29 x 24^ in. (oval).
26 ROBERT BURTON.
Beasenose College.
B. 1577 ; educated at Brasenose College ; Student of Christ
Church, 1599 ; B.D., 1614 ; Vicar of St. Thomas's, Oxford,
1616, and of Segrave, Leicestershire, 1630; published the
Anatomy of Melancholy, 1621, and five editions in his
lifetime ; ' An exact mathematician, a curious calculator of
nativities, a general read scholar ; as he w£is by many
accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melan-
choly and humourous person, so by others who knew him well,
a person of great honesty, plaindealing and charity ' [W.] ;
d. 164a
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SAMUEL RADCLIFKE .',
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Lentbtf PauUer
Half length, three-quartere to r. ; brown moustache and square
bean! ; black cap linetl with white ; narrow pleated ruff;
black dress ; both hands rest beside an open book on a cushion
before him ; dark background ; inscribed aktatis suae 62,
1635. Canvas, 29| x 25^ in.
27 SIR JOHN SUCKLING.
VunOBS OF THE AsHUOLEAN MuSEUU.
B. 1609; entered Trinit^r College, Cambridge, 1623; and
Gray's Inn, 1627; inherited from his father, 1627; travelled,
1628; knighted, 1630; at court, 'was the greatest galhuit of
his time, and the greatest gamester ' [A.] ; a poet and patron
of letters ; served against the Scots with a troop of horse,
1689 ; su^;gested the ' first army plot ' ; fled to trance from
the hostility of Parliament ; d. perhaps by suicide, 1642.
Bust, three-quarters to 1. ; fair hair falling to shoulders ; youthful
face; deep lace-edged collar; plate armour; scarlet sash
across breast ; grey oackground ; painted in an oval spandrel.
Convaa, 28 x 28 in.
Formed part of the collection made over to the University by
Elias Ashniole, 1688.
28 BARNABY POTTER.
Qiteen's College (The Pbovost),
B. 1577 ; educated at Queen's College ; M.A., 1602 ; Fellow,
1604; D.D., 1615; Provost and Chaplain to Charles, Prince
of Wales, 1616; Chief Almoner to King Charles, 1628;
Bishop of Carlisle, 1629; showed puritan leanings and was
one of the four bishops who, upon the attainder of Strafford,
advised Charles on the popular side; d. 1642.
Half length, slightly to r. ; brown hair falling to neck, slight
moustache anu tuft on chin ; falling collar ; black dress ; his r.
hand holds a book before him ; brown background. Canvas,
29 X 24i in.
28 A LADY AND CHILD.
Jn0s CotxxoK.
Whole length figures, standing facing the spectator, the lady
to I. ; she wears a black broad-brimmed hat ; pleated ruff;
as
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black dress ; her r. hand holds a letter, her 1. rests upon the
shoulder of the child; he has fair hair falling to shoulders;
and wears deep lace collar and cuffs ; green dress trimmed with
gold ; his r. hand holds carnations, his 1. plumed hat ; architec-
tural background, landscape through opening to r. Canvas,
84 X 42^ in.
Supposed to represent Jane, wife of John Thelwall, of Bathafam
Park, Denbighshire, and Sir Eubule Thelwall as a child.
30 ROBERT PIERREPONT, EARL OF KINGSTON.
Oriel College.
B. 1584 ; son of Sir Henry Pierrepont and his wife. Lady
Frances Cavendish ; entered Oriel College, 1596 ; M.P. for
Nottingham, 1601 ; created Baron Pierrepont and Viscount
Newark, 1627 ; Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, 1628 ; gave
.flOO to the rebuilding of the great quadrangle of the
College, 1628 ; killed by a chance shot when a prisoner in
the hands of the Parliamentarians, 1643.
Bust, three-quarters to r. ; grey hair, moustache and beard ;
lace-edged collar ; grey dress trimmed with gold lace ; land-
scape background, sea with ship to r., overhanging rock to 1.
Canvas, 29 x 24 in.
31 LUCIUS CARY, VISCOUNT FALKLAND,
CURATOKS OF THE BoDLEIAN LiBRARY.
B. 1610 (?) ; son of the first Viscount Falkland and Elizabeth,
d. of Sir Lawrence Tanfield; educated at Trinity College,
Dublin ; inherited, from Tanfield, estates at Burford and
Great Tew, 1629 ; Viscount Falkland, 1633 ; Secretary of
State, 1642 ; when at Great Tew made his house a resort
of learned and lettered men, especially from Oxford ; ' A
person of inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation,
of so flowing and obliging a humanity and integrity of life '
[Clarendon]; sought death fighting on the royalist side at
the first battle of Newbury, 1643.
Half length, slightly to r. ; fair hair falling to shoulders,
slight moustache and tuft on chin ; falling collar ; black dress ;
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Lent ly Painter
his L hand spread open on his breast; dark background.
Canvas, 29ix24i in.
Given to the University by Richard Rawlinson, 1734.
83 JOHN TOLSON.
OaiZL COUXGK.
B. 1576 (?) ; entered Oriel College, 1590 ; Fellow, 1595 ; M.A.,
1699 ; Proctor, 1607 ; D.D., 1622 ; Provost, 1621 ; under his
Provoatship the great quadrangle was completed ; d. 1644.
Half length, slightly to r. ; grey hair, moustache and peaked
beard ; black skull-cap ; pleated ruff; black and scarlet D.D.
habit; his 1. hand holds a book, his r. rests upon a gold
fiinged cushion before him ; dark background ; inscribed
A£TATis sL'Aii. 67. 1G37. Canvas, 29ix23|in.
88 WILLIAM LAWES.
Th> Cukatou of the Schools.
Chorister of Chichester Cathedral ; gentleman of the Chapel
Royal, 1603 ; ' He hath made above thirty several sorts
of music for voices and instruments, neither was there any
instrument then in use but he composed to it so aptly as if he
had only studied that ' [H. Lawes]. ' His loyalty engaged him
in the war for his lordf and master^ [^-It ^^o^ ^^ ^^<^ siege
of Chester, 1645.
Bust, slightly tor.; fair hair falling to shoulders; youthful face;
black broad-brimmed hat; deep lace-edged collar; black
dress ; sleeves slashed, shewing white shirt ; warm grey btu:k-
ground ; painted in an oval spandrel. Canvas, 29^ X 24^ in.
Given to the Music School by Philip Hayes, c. 1780.
84 CHRISTOPHER POTTER,
Qimii*s CoixaoB.
B. 1591 ; educated at Queen's College; M.A. and Chaplain,
1613; Fellow, 1615; IVovost, 1626; supporter and corre-
D 25
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spondent of Laud ; Dean of Worcester, 1636 ; ' of a sweet
and obliging nature and comely presence ' [W.] ; d. 1646.
Half length, three-quarters to r. ; fair hair," moustache and
peaked beard; narrow falling rufF; black dress; both hands
before him, his r. holding a book ; dark background. Canvas,
37^x29 in.
35 WILLIAM LAUD.
Keble College. Copy from Sir Anthony Van Dyck.
B. 1573; Fellow of St. John's College, 1593; M.A., 1598;
President, 1611 ; Bishop of St. David's, 1621 ; Bishop of
London, 1628 ; Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633 ; Chancellor
of the University, 1630-41 ; drew up the statutes of the
University, 1636 ; received the King at Oxford, 1636 ; im-
peached and sent to the Tower, 1641 ; tried at Westminster,
1644; beheaded, 1645.
Three-quarters length, standing slightly to 1. ; grey hair,
moustache and tuft on chin ; black square cap ; narrow pleated
ruff; white rochet; black chimere; his r. hand rests on a
pedestal, his 1. at his side ; architectural and curtain back-
ground. Canvas, 48 x 38 in.
Contemporary copy of the picture, dated 1633, in the
possession of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth
Palace ; a similar picture (also considered to be an original),
formerly in the Houghton Hall Collection, is in the Im-
perial Gallery at St. Petersburg.
Given to the College by Earl Beauchamp, 1882 ; previously in
the Hamilton Paltice Collection.
36 WILLIAM LAUD.
CURATOES OF THE BoDLEIAN Copy from
Library. Sir Anthony Van Dyck.
Similar to the last, but inscribed with name and titles of subject
and EX DONO NEPOTIS SUI D. JOHIS ROBINSON EQUITIS ET BARONEITI
ET TURBIS BEGALIS LONDINENIS LOCUM TENENTIS 1674. CaUVaS,
51 X 39| in.
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37 WILLIAM LAUD.
Sr. John's Collkce. Copy from Sip Anthony Van Dyok.
Similar to the last, but with landscape in place of curtain to r.
and inscription lielow recording the gift of the picture by
Baynbrigg Buckeridg, 1695. Canvas, 563 x 42, in.
38 WILLIAM LAUD.
St. John's College Copy from
(Thk PaEsiDENT). Sip Anthony Van Dyok.
Similar to the last, but inscribed with the name and title of the
subject and aetat suae lxiiu mdcxxxvi. Canvas, 49 x 39 in.
89 WILUAM LAUD.
St. John's Collkge. Copy from Sir Anthony Van Dyok.
Similar to the last, but inscribed wii.liam laud, akchbp of
CANTEKBUEY, 1635, ANx' VAN DYKE. Canvas, 49 X 39^ in.
40 SIR JOHN ACLAND.
BlxETER College.
B. 1591(?); son of Sir Arthur Acland; educated at Exeter
College; gave largely towards the building of the Hall,
1618; founded scholarships about 1630; knighted; created
a baronet, 1644; d. 1647.
Bust, three-quarters to L ; grey hair and peaked beard ; fall-
ing collar ; plate armour ; dark background. Canvas,
2^ X 24^ in.
41 WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HA^VTHORNDEN.
All Souls Coixeck (The Wakden).
B. 1585 ; educated at Etlinburgh, Paris, and Bourges ; published
his first volume of verse, 1613; met Ben Jonson, 1618;
becMoe the friend and correspondent of poets ; wrote loyal
addiCHCs upon royal visits to Scotland, 1617-33 ; d. 1649.
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Bust, three-quarters to r. ; brown hair falling to neck, and
slight moustache ; lace-edged standing ruff ; brown dress ;
dark background ; painted in an oval spandrel. Panel,
22 X 17 in.
42 SAMUEL FELL.
Dean and Canons of Chkist Church.
B. 1584 ; Student of Christ Church, 1601 ; M.A., 1608 ; D.D.,
1619; Lady Margaret Professor, 1626-37; Dean of Christ
Church, 1638 ; builder of the Hall staircase ; Vice-Chancellor,
1645-7; royalist and supporter of Laud, refused to attend
before the Parliamentary Commissioners, 1648 ; was im-
prisoned and deprived of his offices, ' having suffered much for
his loyalty and for preserving the liberties and statutes of the
University ' [W.] ; d. 1649.
Bust, facing the spectator ; grey moustache and peaked beard ;
black square cap ; narrow pleated ruff; black dress ; grey back-
ground; inscribed aeta. 56 anno 1639. Canvas, 29x24§in.
43 SAMUEL FELL.
GovEENiNG Body of Christ Church.
Half length, slightly to 1. ; dark hair ; grey moustache and
slight beard; narrow pleated ruflf; black and scarlet D.D.
gown ; his 1. hand holds a book ; dark background ; painted
in an oval spandrel, inscribed with the name of the subject,
and recording the gift of the picture by Browne Willis,
d. 1760. Canvas, 29 x 24 in.
44 SAMUEL RADCLIFFE.
Brasenose College.
B. 1580; educated at Brasenose College, 1597; MA., 1604;
D.D., 1615 ; Principal, 1614-47 ; gave land to the value of
,£1850 to build the Chapel ; and endowed two scholarships ;
benefactor also to Steeple Aston ; d. 1648.
Bust, three-quarters to r. ; fair moustache and peaked beard ;
black broad-brimmed hat ; falling ruff; black dress ; dark
background; shield of arms to 1.; dated 1623. Panel,
28 X 23 in,
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46 SAMXmL RADCUFFE.
Bkabekosx Colugiu
Half length, slightly to r. ; brown hair, moustache and peaked
beard; 8<juare collar; black and scarlet D.I), habit; his
1. hand holds a closetl lx>uk, his r. rest^ upon a cushion
before him ; dark background ; sliield of arms above to 1.
Canvas, 29 x 25 in.
46 ROBERT PINCKE.
New College (The Warden).
B. 1678; entered New College, 1594; Fellow, 1696; M.A.,
1602; M.B., 1612; Warden, 1617; D.D., 1619; Vice-
Chancellor, 1634-6; helped Laud to draw up his statutes;
'a vigilant, faithful, and public spirited governor' [W.l;
d. 1647.
Bust, slightly to 1. ; brown hair, moustache and peaked beard ;
black skull-cap; pleated ruff; scarlet and black D.D. habit;
dark backgrounu; painted in an oval spandrel. Canvas,
t9ix!eS|in.
47 GEORGE HAKEWILL.
ExzTEE College.
B. 1678 ; Commoner of St Alban Hall, 1595 ; Fellow of Exeter
CoUmc, 1696-1611; M.A., 1602; D.D., 1611; Chaplain to
Charles, Prince of SVales, 1612 ; opposed the Spanish mar-
riage; built the Chapel of Exeter College, 1623; Rector,
16« ; ' his learning was accounted by the generality polite,
his philosophy subUe, his divinity profound' [W.]; a. 1649.
Half length, three-quarters to r. ; dark hair ; brown moustache
and beard ; pleated ruff; black and scarlet D.D. gown ;
brown background ; shield of arms above to 1. ; painted in
an oval spandreL Panel, 22^ x 17| in.
48 JOHN WILLIAMS.
Lincoln College.
B. 1682 ; educated at St John's Coll^fc, Cambridge ; Fellow,
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1603 ; M.A., 1605 ; held prebends in the Cathedrals of Here-
ford, Lincoln, and Peterborough ; Dean of Salisbury, 1619,
of Westminster, 1620 ; Bishop of Lincoln, 1621 ; Lord Keeper,
1621-5 ; fined for subornation of perjury in a Star Chamber
case, 1637 ; Chairman of a Committee to consider innovations
in the Church ; Archbishop of York, 1642 ; d. 1650.
Three-quarters length, seated three-quarters to r. ; fair hair,
moustache and peaked beard ; black broad-brimmed hat ;
pleated ruff ; black dress ; his 1. hand rests on his knee, his
r. holds a roll of papers ; Chancellor's purse on table to
r. ; dark brown background. Canvas, 481 x 39| in.
49 JOHxNf PRIDEAUX.
ExETEK College.
B. 1678; servant at Exeter College, 1596; 'did servile offices
in the kitchen, yet all the while he minded his book ' ; B.A.,
1599 ; Fellow, 1601 ; M.A., 1603 ; D.D. and Rector, 1612-
42 ; Regius Professor of Divinity, 1615 ; Vice-Chancellor,
1619 ; Bishop of Worcester, 1641-6 ; as Rector of the Col-
lege he was winning and gentle ; but ' he pronounced all
those of his diocese that took up arms against the king
excommunicate,' and lost his see ; a conservative theologian
and ' a plentiful fountain of all sorts of learning ' [W.] ;
d. 1650.
Three-quarters length, seated three-quarters to 1. ; grey mou-
stache and peaked beard; black skull-cap; pleated I'uff;
black dress ; his 1. hand rests on the arm of his chair, his
r. holds a pen with which he is writing on a desk to 1. ;
dark background with bookcase to 1., shield of arms above to r.
Canvas, 42 x 35 in.
Copied from a picture at Lay cock Abbey, 1832.
50 JOHN TAYLOR.
Curators of the Bodleian Library. John Taylor.
B. 1580; served in the Fleet, 1596; afterwards a Thames
waterman, and attracted attention by his squibs and verses ;
appointed to arrange the water-pageant at the wedding of
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Princess Elizabeth, 1618; travelled constantly, abroad and
in England, sometimes for wagers; visited the Court of
Bohemia, 1(J20, Oxford, 1625 and 1642 ; wrote lampoons on
the king's enemies ; known as 'ITie Water Poet' ; d. 1653.
Bust, facing the spectator, the head tunie<l slightly to 1. ; grey
hair falling to shoulders, moustache and tuft on chin ; black
skull-cap ; falling collar; black dress; dark brown background ;
signed joh. taylou wxxit 1655. Canvas, 29 x23J in.
Given to the University by the painter, who was a nephew of
the subject.
61 KATHERINE BRIDGES, COUNTESS OF BEDFORD.
COATOBS OF THE UxiVEKSITY GaU.KRII':s.
B. 1579 (?); second daughter and co-heir of Giles Bridges, Lord
Chandos, and Frances, daughter of Edwanl, Earl of Lincoln ;
married Francis, ljon\ Russell of Thornhaugh, who in 1627
succeeded as fourth Earl of Bedford ; lived at Chenies, Bucks ;
d. 1654.
Bust, slightly to r. ; black broad-brimmed hat ; falling lace-
edged ruff; black embroidered dress, the lx)som and neck
open over white underdress worked with colours ; dark back-
ground. Canvas, 21 x 16^ in.
52 JOHN GOODRIDGE.
Wadham Couxge.
B. 1681 ; B.A., Balliol College, 1602 ; M.A., Gloucester Hall,
1606: First Dean of Wmlham Collc^^e, 1613; Sub- Warden,
1617, and held other college offices; Professor of Rhetoric in
Gresham CoU^ ; Warden of Trinity Hospital, Greenwich ;
Benefactor to Wadham College ; d. 1654.
Bust, three-quarters to 1. ; dark hair ; grey moustache and tuft
on chin ; fidling collar ; black dress ; dark background in-
scribed with name of subject to 1. Canvas, 23^ x 20) in.
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53 JOHN SELDEN.
Exeter College.
B. 1584; called to the Bar from the Inner Temple, 1612;
Bencher, 1633; published his History of Tithes, 1617; sat
in various Parliaments from 1623, for the University in the
Long Parliament ; a frequent and weighty speaker and a chief
adviser of the popular party ; imprisoned with other mem-
bers, 1629-31 ; on the Committee on the state of the
Kingdom, 1640 ; in the Assembler of divines at Westminster,
1643 ; a great scholar and prolific writer ; benefactor to the
Bodleian Library ; d. 1654.
Bust, three-quarters to 1. ; dark hair falling to shoulders ;