Pro forma, or, An examination in the public schoots [sic] at Ox-d for a degree [graphic].

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Title: Pro forma, or, An examination in the public schoots [sic] at Ox-d for a degree [graphic].
Alternative Title: Examination in the public schoots at Ox-d for a degree
Examination in the public schools at Oxford for a degree
Creator: Hook, James, 1772?-1828, printmaker
Published / Created: [20 June 1789]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. June 20, 1789, by I. Bradshaw, Coventry St.
Abstract: A group of three students wearing mortar caps sit in the center of a classroom as their examiners on either side pose questions in Latin. The large student in the middle rubs his chin, a worried look on his face. In the foreground on the right, a dog urinates on an open volume of Aristotle
Description: Title etched below image.
Probably by James Hook.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: Britannia with olive branch on oval shield with crown above.
Provenance: Robert Douwma; January 1994;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.1 x 35.0 cm, on sheet 27.0 x 37.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Etchings England London 1789
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): University of Oxford
Subject (Topic): Students
Education
Dogs
Classrooms
Examinations
Teachers
Urination
Subjects: University of Oxford > Students > Caricatures and cartoons
Education > Great Britain > 18th century
Dogs
Classrooms
Examinations
Students
Teachers
Urination
England > 1789
England > London > 1789

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