Charles Jervas (c. 1675-1739) [Ao65]
PORTRAIT OF JOHN DOBSON, WARDEN OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Oil on canvas (H. 124 cm, W. 99 cm); inscribed lower left: Warden Dobson.
John Dobson was born 1689 at Cliddesden, Hampshire. He was a Scholar of Winchester College, 1699-1707; Fellow of New College, Oxford, 1707-20; Warden of New College, 1720-24, and Warden of Winchester College, 1724-30.
Provenance: Bequeathed by Henry Bigg (Warden 1730-40), and first recorded in 1741 College Inventory
Location: College Hall