John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399)
John Carter (1748 - 1817)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
193 x 121 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 452737
Summary
Print, engraving, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) by John Carter (1748-1817). Based on a painting on glass in the Library of All Souls College, Oxford. In royal regalia with crown and sceptre and ermine trimmed robe. Head turned slightly away from viewer. Inscription "John of Gaunt / King of Castille and Leon / and Duke of Lancaster / From a Window in the Library of All Souls College at Oxford." Underneath engraving in lower right corner "Ogbourne sculpit"
Makers and roles
John Carter (1748 - 1817), engraver (printmaker)