Brasenose College, Oxford: the quadrangle. Etching by J. Basire the younger, 1805, after J.M.W. Turner.

1805

1 print : etching ; image 29.9 x 44.9 cm

A view from the inside of Brazen Nose College quadrangle. J.M.W. Turner R.A. del.t. Engraved by James Basire. The Oxford almanack for the year of our lord God MDCCCV

Helen Mary Petter, The Oxford almanacks, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 83

Includes almanac containing a detailed calendar, a list of kings since 1066 and a list of the current principals of the university. On the right is a lead replica of the sculpture by Giambologna of Samson slaying the Philistines, which was sold as scrap metal in 1881: it had previously been thought to represent Cain killing Abel (Petter, loc. cit.)

Wellcome Collection 23613i