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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, colour

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Front Cover, Oxford Pictured by Haslehust, described by How Oxford (Haslehust and How) (1910)

A brownish gray cover with a thick green border around a colour image. This book is part of a series produced from around 1900 until well into the 1950s as far as I can tell.

Keywords: book covers, colleges, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-10-19

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Sheldonian Theatre from Title Page The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary (1745)

The engraving of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford where the book was printed. The engraving appears on the title page of each volume.

Keywords: buildings, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-11-11

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View of Oxford Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by H. Toussaint.

Engraved by Davison.

Keywords: views, cities, trees, towers, cityscapes, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-08-12

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II.—Brasenose College Quadrangle and St. Mary’s Spire The Charm of Oxford (1920)

“Nowhere, except at Cambridge, can the series of architectural works be paralleles, and at both universities, the charm of their ancient buildings is enhanced by their beautiful setting in college gar [...]

Keywords: sketches, colleges, greyscale

Places shown: Brasenose College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-01-14

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III.—View in Radcliffe Square The Charm of Oxford (1920)

“The visitor to Oxford often asks—“Where is the University?” The proper answer is: “The University is everywhere,” for the colleges are all parts of it. But if a distinction must be made, and some b [...]

Keywords: sketches, colleges, buildings, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-01-31

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Folly Bridge 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: water, bridges, people, sketches, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-10-04

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Oxford Castle Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by A. Brunet-Debaines. There are other pictures of Oxford Castle. “With the buildings of Robert D’Oily, a follower of the Conqueror’s, and the husband of an English wife, the heiress o [...]

Keywords: water, castles, ruins, trees, bridges, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-09

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Bocardo, destroyed in 1771. Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

Lang says that the Bocardo Prison predated the University.

The image is signed “S. R.”

Keywords: churches, streets, carts, carriages, people, clocks, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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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, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-02-03

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