Henry Bigg (1693-1740) was a Scholar of Winchester College, 1704-1710; Fellow of New College, Oxford, 1710-1721; Fellow of Winchester College, 1721-24; Warden of New College, 1724-1730; Warden of Winchester, 1730-40.

George Huddesford was an amateur painter and pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds. He was a Scholar of Winchester, 1764-1769. According to notes made by John Harvey in the early 20^th century, this posthumous portrait of Warden Bigg is a copy of an original at Prior’s Court, Newbury, Berkshire. The whereabouts of the original are unknown.

Literature: R.E. Poole, Catalogue of Portraits in the Possession of the University, Colleges, City and County of Oxford, 3 vols (Oxford, 1935), ii, p. 161

Provenance: Presented to the Warden’s Picture Gallery in 1778 by the Revd Philip Barton (1719-1796), Sub-Dean of Exeter Cathedral and alumnus of Winchester College (admitted Scholar in 1728)

Location: College Hall