<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Antiquity Hall suburbanu[m] Oxon. [graphic].</dc:title><dc:creator>Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[1720?]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"Satire on Thomas Hearne, the Oxford antiquarian, showing a tavern on the western edge of Oxford near Rewley with Abbey presented as an archaeological reconstruction. A large house with outbuildings in a garden where one man in academic robes approaches another who waits for him on a bench; various elements are lettered A - H. Above three separate views are presented as if drawings pinned to a wall: "The Plan of the Hall with the Tesellated Floor" representing a floor of sheep's bones mistaken by Hearne for an ancient mosaic; the gateway to the hall, labelled "Propylaeum"; three men arm in arm (Humphrey Wanley, Thomas Hearne and John Whiteside) outside the Sheldonian Theatre; in the centre, a shield with three large flagons; ribbons bearing a description of these "Antient Arms" and the title"--British Museum online catalogue</dc:description><dc:description>Title from banner within image.</dc:description><dc:description>Attribution to Vertue and publication place and date from British Museum catalogue.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>