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Portrait of John, half-length, in a decorative oval with scrolling foliate designs and ribbons crowned by a crossed sword and sceptre with an orb, slightly turned to the right, bearded with a crown over his curling hair, wearing armour with a large etched gorget and a cloak tied over his shoulder, his arms on the parapet below three leopards passant, the title below with garlands of flowers above, a vignette below John bowing before a bishop with his crown and sceptre in his hands, priests and nobles observing, illustration to Rapin's "History of England" (1733) Engraving
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