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Print (Aquatint, Hand-Coloured, Framed) of the Clarendon Printing House and Broad Street, Oxford, by J. C. Stadler, from a Drawing by F. Mackenzie, Published by R. Ackermann, 1814

Inventory Number 75986


Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased at the sale of the effects of J. R. Magrath at Queen's College, Oxford, in 1930.
Primary inscriptions
Captioned: 'The Clarendon Printing House, Theatre, & Museum.'.
Other inscriptions
Inscribed on back [in the hand of R. T. Gunther]: 'Purchased at Sale of Provost of Queen's 1930 (Dr. Magrath.)'.
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 289mm Width: 377mm
Inventory No
75986
Accession Number
1930-31

Description

Beyond the Clarendon Building are the Sheldonian Theatre, Old Ashmolean, and rear entrance of Exeter College, with trees. The various figures include men in academic dress and a flock of sheep being driven along Broad Street (though note that the picture is realistic, not a caricature).