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Flooring of Mercury, or, Burning the oaks, a scene in Tom Quadrangle [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1824]
Call Number:
824.05.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a courtyard of Christ Church (Oxford), undergraduates in cap and gown dance around a bonfire, fueled by doors, chairs, and tables carried from the surrounding buildings. Other students pull at ropes to drag a statute of Mercury towards the flames. ...
Alternative Title:
Burning the oaks, a scene in Tom Quadrangle
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published May 1, 1824 by Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Dance, Eating & drinking, Fire, Intoxication, Riots, Students, British, and Universities & colleges
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Lewis Walpole Library > Flooring of Mercury, or, Burning the oaks, a scene in Tom Quadrangle [graphic]

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