New pocket companion for Oxford, or, Guide through the University : containing an accurate description of the public edifices, the buildings in each of the colleges, the gardens, statues, pictures, hieroglyphics, and all other curiosities in the university : with an historical account of the foundation of the several colleges and their present state : to which are added, descriptions of the buildings, tapestry, paintings, sculptures, temples, gardens, &c. at Blenheim and Nuneham, the seats of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, and Earl Harcourt.

Date:
1815
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: New pocket companion for Oxford, or, Guide through the University : containing an accurate description of the public edifices, the buildings in each of the colleges, the gardens, statues, pictures, hieroglyphics, and all other curiosities in the university : with an historical account of the foundation of the several colleges and their present state : to which are added, descriptions of the buildings, tapestry, paintings, sculptures, temples, gardens, &c. at Blenheim and Nuneham, the seats of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, and Earl Harcourt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lord Harcourt. Over one Arch a View of part of the Quay and Bay of Naples, by Gaspar Occhiali. Over the other Arch, a View of part of Rome and the Tiber, by the same hand. Under them, two Heads, by Cornelius Jansen, At one end of the room. King William hunting, with several Figures, by Wotton. Under it the two following Pictures: a Herdsman with Cattle, by Peter Vander Leuwj from the collection of Mr. Bagnols: a Landscape, with Cattle, by Rogman. At the other end, a ruined Bridge, with Figures, by Crabetje. Under it the two following Pictures: Christ driving the Money-Changers out of the Tem- ple, on Marble, by Bassan $ the Holy F'amily, by Albano, Over one Door, the Hon. Simon Har- court, only son of Simon first Viscount Harcourt, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Over the other Door, Eli- zabeth, daughter of John Evelyn, Esq. of Wooton in Surrey, his Wife, by Dahl. THE LIBRARY, 32 feet 4 by 19, and 14 feet 4 inches high. Over the Chimney, Mary, eldest daughter of Wil- liam Danby, Esq. of Swinton in Yorkshire, wife to the Hon. William Harcourt, by Opie, after Sir Jo- shua Reynolds : a very fine Head of Mr. Prior, by old Dahl: Mr. Pope, a fine Portrait, by Sir Godfrey Kneller 5 a present from the former to the first Lord Harcourt: George Bussy Villiers, fourth Earl of Jersey, by Brompton, after Angelica. Mrs. Prit- chard, the celebrated Actress, in the character of Hermione in the Winter’s Tale, Scene the last, by Pine. William Whitehead, Esq. late Poet Laureat,