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Shew Sunday sketches of character in the Broad Walk, Christ Church, Meadows, Oxford
Title
[Shew Sunday sketches of character in the Broad Walk, Christ Church, Meadows, Oxford] [graphic] / Robt. Cruikshank fecit.
Edition
[Proof before aquatint and lettering].
Publication
[London] : [Sherwood, Jones, & Co.], [1824]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 15.4 x 25 cm, on sheet 23.3 x 30 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
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. 14935 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Provenance
With a stamp on verso: From the collection of Maxine and Joel Spitz, "Trail-Tree" Glencoe. Item no. 44.
Summary
A promenade under trees, with college buildings forming a background. Ladies walk arm-in-arm with undergraduates; four dons walk alone. Four of the foreground figures are adapted from Dighton portraits of 1808. On the extreme left stands Dr. Kett ... Near him stands 'A Noble Student of Oxford' (Lord Nugent) ... and extending a hand to Dr. John Smith ... In the centre is Dr. Jackson (Dean of Christ Church d. 1819) ..."--British Museum catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 06, 2016
Subjects
Genre/Form
Caricatures.
Trial proofs.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1824.
Etchings - England - London - 1824.
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