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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.

The Stone Pulpit at Magdalen College.

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

Added: 2006-01-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Oriel Street.

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

Added: 2006-06-03

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Magdalen Tower From Christchurch

Magdalen Tower From Christchurch

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by A. Brunet-Debaines

Keywords: colleges, churches, towers, trees, forests, christmas

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Castle Street

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

Added: 2006-01-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

High Street

High Street

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“Most old towns are like palimpsests, parchments which have been scrawled over again and again, by their successive owners. Oxford, though not one of the most ancient of English cities, shows, more le [...]

Keywords: cities, buildings, streets, towns, colleges, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-04-26

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Old Episcopal Palace.

Old Episcopal Palace.

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

from a Drawing by R. Kent Thomas.

Tudor houses with mullioned windows; I think that this building is not mentioned in the text.

Keywords: buildings, windows

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2008-08-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Frontispiece: Magdalen Tower.

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

Added: 2006-01-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Oxford Castle

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

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Christchurch College

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

Added: 2006-01-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Isis and Oxford Canal

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

Added: 2006-02-09

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Magdalen Cloisters

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

Added: 2006-01-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Porch of St. Mary’s

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

Added: 2006-01-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested