Joannes Gower Armiger Anglorum poeta celeberrimus Chauceri poeta contemporar[...] / [graphic]

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Title: Joannes Gower Armiger Anglorum poeta celeberrimus Chauceri poeta contemporar[...] / [graphic]
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
Published / Created: [1727]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Portrait of John Gower; bust, in profile to the right; wearing chaplet of roses around his head; in a rectangle frame, set within architectural details; a tablet below, with his three principal works in front, and a further book open to a page with an illustration of his monument in Southwark Cathedral; the portrait taken from his effigy on this monument."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text in image.
Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity.
Text below image: "Honoratiss Dno Ioanni Levison Gower Domino Gower; hanc effigiem humillime D.D. / G. Vertue." per image in British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,1.338.
Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with loss of text below design.
In white paper frame with green gouche, yellow wash, and black ink frame: 420 x 360 mm.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 229 x 339 mm
Language: English

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