Oxford Almanack
Oxford Almanack, copper engraving, 1758, by I . Green and J. Cole, a view of Corpus Christi, with calendar below, THE OXFORD ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD GOD, MDCCLVIII, 530 x 530 mm, contained in later antique frame. Some foxing at the edges, good very fine. £450.00
The Oxford Almanack for 1758, depicting an aerial view of Corpus Christi College with the founders and benefactors of the College in the foreground. Bishop Fox of Winchester, the founder, is seated to the left, being shown a plan of the college by Bishop Oldham of Exeter. Below the scene, the title for the calendar is bordered by a pair of lists, representing the succession of the Royal line from William the Conqueror to the left, and the Officers of the University for 1762 to the right.
I. Green was a British engraver, known for his work on a number of Oxford Almanacks,
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