Circle of John Vanderbank (1694-1739) [Ao20]
PORTRAIT OF JOHN COBB, WARDEN OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Oil on canvas (H. 73 cm, W. 60 cm); inscribed lower left: Warden Cobb
John Cobb was born 1679 at Adderbury, Oxfordshire. He was a Scholar of Winchester College, 1690-7; Fellow of New College, Oxford, 1697-1712; Warden of New College, 1712-20, and Warden of Winchester College, 1720-24.
Provenance: Unknown, first recorded in 1773 Inventory
Location: Warden’s Lodgings