"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., and In white paper frame with green gouche, yellow wash, and black ink frame: 420 x 360 mm.
