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GM27845

Archbishop Sancroft and the Seven Bishops, 1688.

Archbishop William Sancroft (1617-1693) and the Seven Bishops, 1688, silver medal by Daniel Warou after George Bower, bust of Sancroft right, wearing a cap and clerically robed, rev. medallic portraits and the names of the Bishop of London and the six other imprisoned bishops, edge plain and concave, 50mm, 51.93g (Eimer 288b; MI i 623/38). Extremely fine.

Provenance:
Ex Brian Harding Collection, Spink 18 October 2022, lot 739 therein described as a cast.

The Bishops depicted on the medal's reverse are Henry Compton [London] shown in the centre, and from the top right clockwise, Francis Turner [Ely], Thomas Ken [Bath], John Trelawney [Bristol], Thomas White [Peterborough], John Lake [Chichester] and William Lloyd [St Asaph].

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