Brasenose College, Oxford: the quadrangle. Etching by J. Basire the younger, 1805, after J.M.W. Turner.

  • Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.
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1805
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23613i
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1805

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1 print : etching ; image 29.9 x 44.9 cm

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A view from the inside of Brazen Nose College quadrangle. J.M.W. Turner R.A. del.t. Engraved by James Basire. The Oxford almanack for the year of our lord God MDCCCV

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Includes almanac containing a detailed calendar, a list of kings since 1066 and a list of the current principals of the university. On the right is a lead replica of the sculpture by Giambologna of Samson slaying the Philistines, which was sold as scrap metal in 1881: it had previously been thought to represent Cain killing Abel (Petter, loc. cit.)

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Helen Mary Petter, The Oxford almanacks, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 83

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