Magdalen College, Oxford: bird's eye view with academic figures and almanac. Line engraving by G. Vertue, 1730.

  • Vertue, George, 1684-1756.
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1730
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20531i
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Oxford almanacks
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Magdalen College, Oxford: bird's eye view with academic figures and almanac. Line engraving by G. Vertue, 1730. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The college was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. "In the corner an architect is explaining to two men his plan for a new quadrangle"; they are accompanied by a clergyman pointing to the college (possibly Edward Butler president of Magdalen 1722-1745?). Only one range of the quadrangle was built, the New Building (Petter p. 11)

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[Oxford] : The Oxford Almanack, 1730.

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1 print : line engraving

Lettering

The Oxford almanack. For the year of our Lord God MDCCXXX. G. Vertue sculp. ... Lettering continues with a list of the regal line and eminent people of the college

References note

Helen Mary Petter, The Oxford almanacks, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974, pp. 11, 57-58

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Wellcome Collection 20531i

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