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people: an image depicting or containing humans, whether individual or groups, and whether foreground or background.

Synonyms: crowds, pedestrians, onlookers, spectaters

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Pictures from Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes by Andrew Lang, M.A., sometime Fellow of Merton College, Oxford [1844 – 1912]; sixth edition, Seely & Co. Ltd., London, 1896.

There are some more pictures of Oxford done by Haslehust, in colour.

I am working on a transcription of this book. I found one online at worldwideschool.org but it lacks the images, and has many errors.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Andrew Lang.

Godstowe

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“ Any places of strength in Oxford would command the roads leading to the north and west, and the secure, raised paths that ran through the flooded fens to the ford or bridge, if bridge there then was [...]

Keywords: trees, views, bridges, animals, ruins, canals, boats, people

Places shown: Godstowe; Oxfordshire; England

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The Stone Pulpit at Magdalen College.

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunnet-Debaines.

Keywords: colleges, windows, towers, churches, creeper, people, dogs, entrances

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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Oriel Street.

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

S. Paterson signed the engraving.

Keywords: colleges, streets, churches, people

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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Castle Street

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Engraving by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: streets, towns, buildings, people, carts, houses

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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Frontispiece: Magdalen Tower.

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by R. Kent Thomas.

Keywords: colleges, bridges, boats, people, trees, towers

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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Bocardo, North Side

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The Bocardo, the mediaeval prison in Oxford, shown from the North side; the engraving is signed “S. R.” The tower here is St. Michael’s church. “Of Bocardo no trace remains, but St. Michael’s is likel [...]

Keywords: churches, towers, arches, streets, people

Places shown: none

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Christchurch College

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Staircase to the hall at Christchurch College, Oxford

From an Etching by A. Brunet-Dubaines.

Keywords: stairs, interiors, vaulting, people, colleges

Places shown: Christchurch College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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Isis and Oxford Canal

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

In the foreground a man wearing a hat and carrying a bag or box stands at a canal lock; another walks along the towpath. On the river we see someone punting a bot, and a couple of people fishing from [...]

Keywords: canals, sketches, views, people, boats

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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Magdalen Cloisters

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The tower is also featured in several paintings by Haslehust’s illustrations of Oxford.

Keywords: colleges, cloisters, entrances, courtyards, creeper, gothic, churches, towers, people, arches, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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Porch of St. Mary’s

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: entrances, colleges, churches, pillars, people, gothic

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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The Gateway of St. John’s College

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by H. Toussaint. St. John’s College, Oxford, was founded in 1555, replacing an earlier college abolished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The statue of St. Bernard [I think] [...]

Keywords: colleges, gothic, arches, entrances, statues, people

Places shown: St. John’s College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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St John’s College

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines. External link to St. John’s College website. St John’s College was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White and named after St. John the Baptist (the patron saint of t [...]

Keywords: colleges, entrances, trees, people, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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