Portrait of John Kersey the elder (1616-1677) Finish:Single View of the gateway to

View of the gateway to the Oxford Arms Inn

The faint outline of a fourth figure can just be seen in the middle of the group

'Renewing The Lease'

'How to clear the streets'

Portrait of John Kersey the elder (1616-1677) Finish:Single View of the gateway toHead and shoulders portrait of John Kersey, facing to the viewer's right and shown with long dark hair and a moustache. Dressed in a dark coat with a white lawn collar. In an oval framing device bearing the inscription: 'IOHN KERSEY BORNE AT BODICOT NEERE BANBURY IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD AO. DNI. 1616.' Below, an inscription on a sculptured banner: 'Vox audita perit Litera scripta manet.' On either side of this, two open and two closed volumes, the