British School, mid 18th century [Ao19]
PORTRAIT OF JOHN COXED, WARDEN OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE
Oil on canvas (H. 73 cm, W. 60 cm); inscribed lower left: Warden Coxed
Coxed was born 1699 at Bucknell, Oxfordshire. He was a Scholar of Winchester College, 1711-19; Fellow of New College, Oxford, 1719-30; Warden of New College, 1730-1740; Warden of Winchester, 1740-1757.
This portrait is listed in a College inventory of 1763.
Provenance: Unknown, before 1763
Location: Warden’s Lodgings