BEIN 2002 177: Original wrappers. Ms. memorandum by Falconer Madan, dated June 21, 1885, laid in. and "Boy worship was by C.E. Hutchinson of B.N.C. [Brasenose College]: it was unjustly ascribed to Prower of B.N.C"--Falconer Madan ms. memorandum accompanying in Beinecke copy.
"Blackmantle stands with a trunk marked 'B.B.' at his feet as he gazes at the inscription scrawled on the ceinling of a bare and dilapidated room. An old college scout bows obsequiously, holding out a long paper headed 'A list of necessaries'. A hideous old bed-maker raises a cloud of dust with her broom. Two dandified men, one in cap and gown, stare in quizzically from outside the door (right). On the left is a pile of broken furniture, books, &c., with a box inscribed 'C. Rattle Esqr.'; a college cap is spiked on the leg of a broken chair with bellows (inscribed RC), Latin grammer, lexicon. A torn map of Oxford sags from the wall, with a print of a pugilist (Tom Cribb). A cupboard door is broken from its hinges; on it a target is painted, spattered with bullet marks. in the grate is a bust of Cicero, upside down".--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Plate from: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Photographs of student theatrical groups and faculty at Oxford University, circa 1875-1910, collected by Falconer Madan, Images related to student theatrical groups include an interior group portrait by Gillman & Co. that depicts thirty actors at Brasenose College, circa 1898, including Frederick William Bussell; as well as a studio portrait by an unidentified photographer of twelve actors in "New College Theatricals," a satire of Oxford University performed at the Clarendon Assembly Rooms, circa 1888, Three variations of an exterior group portrait of faculty members of Brasenose College, created by James Soame in 1907, include Charles Buller Heberden, the principal of the college, Two exterior portraits of faculty relate to the election of Charles Buller Heberden as vice-chancellor of Brasenose College in October 1910. An image created by Henry William Taunt captures a procession that includes the outgoing vice-chancellor Thomas Herbert Warren. Another image created by the Oxford Journal Illustrated shows Heberden with a group that includes Warren, as well as Charles Lancelot Shadwell and William Walter Merry, and The collection also includes a copy photograph by an unidentified photographer of a drawing by an unidentified artist, both created circa 1875, which depicts Edward Bouverie Pusey in his study at Christ Church
Description:
Falconer Madan (1851-1935) was the Librarian of the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, 1912-1919. and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Oxford., and Oxford (England)
Subject (Name):
Bussell, F. W. 1862-1944 (Frederick William),, Heberden, Charles Buller, 1849-1921, Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935., Merry, W. Walter 1835-1918 (William Walter),, Pusey, E. B. 1800-1882 (Edward Bouverie),, Shadwell, Charles Lancelot, 1840-1919, Soame, James, -1934., Taunt, Henry., Warren, T. Herbert 1853-1930 (Thomas Herbert),, Brasenose College (University of Oxford), Christ Church (University of Oxford), Gillman & Co., and University of Oxford
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
Alternative Title:
Examination in the public schoots at Ox-d for a degree and Examination in the public schools at Oxford for a degree
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., and Watermark: Britannia with olive branch on oval shield with crown above.
Publisher:
Pub. June 20, 1789, by I. Bradshaw, Coventry St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
University of Oxford
Subject (Topic):
Students, Education, Dogs, Classrooms, Examinations, Teachers, and Urination
Leaf 66. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man in profile to right walking with mincing steps, both hands on his hips. He is slim except for a protruding stomach. He wears a tasselled mortar-board, a pair of bands, a long gown open and showing coat, waistcoat, and knee-breeches. His hair is curled on his forehead and is in a long looped club."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "5" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Long looped club wigs -- Male hats: Tasselled mortar-boards -- Oxford students -- Male costume -- University education., and Second of three plates on leaf 66.
The wide street, lit by a full moon, is filled by a wild fight between undergraduates and their supporters (for whom gowns had been obtained by looting a tailor's shop) and 'bargees, and the butchers, and labourers'. A stage-coach, Old Fly, crowded inside and out, is wedged in the crowd, the outside passengers are assailed by a man in a gown. A woman empties a pot from an upper window; a lantern, hats, &c., fly through the air."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Battle of the togati & the town raff in the High Street Oxford, Battle of the togati and the town raff in the High Street Oxford, and Town and gown
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
Subject (Name):
University of Oxford
Subject (Topic):
Students, Butchers, Crowds, Fights, Occupations, Stagecoaches, and Tailors
Blackmantle stands with a trunk marked 'B.B.' at his feet as he gazes at the inscription scrawled on the ceiling of a bare and dilapidated room. An old college scout bows obsequiously, holding out a long paper headed 'A list of necessaries'. A hideous old bed-maker raises a cloud of dust with her broom. Two dandified men, one in cap and gown, stare in quizzically from outside the door (right). On the left is a pile of broken furniture, books, &c., with a box inscribed 'C. Rattle Esqr.'; a college cap is spiked on the leg of a broken chair with bellows (inscribed RC), Latin grammer, lexicon. A torn map of Oxford sags from the wall, with a print of a pugilist (Tom Cribb). A cupboard door is broken from its hinges; on it a target is painted, spattered with bullet marks. In the grate is a bust of Cicero, upside down
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 14929 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 169, vol. 1.
The wide street, lit by a full moon, is filled by a wild fight between undergraduates and their supporters (for whom gowns had been obtained by looting a tailor's shop) and 'bargees, and the butchers, and labourers'. A stage-coach, Old Fly, crowded inside and out, is wedged in the crowd, the outside passengers are assailed by a man in a gown. A woman empties a pot from an upper window; a lantern, hats, &c., fly through the air."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Battle of the togati & the town raff in the High Street Oxford, Battle of the togati and the town raff in the High Street Oxford, and Town and gown
Description:
Title and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 14936 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 280, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
Subject (Name):
University of Oxford
Subject (Topic):
Students, Butchers, Crowds, Fights, Occupations, Stagecoaches, and Tailors
