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Costumes of the University of Oxford

Aquatint Etching
1822 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured aquatint etching of the costumes of the University of Oxford, depicting 15 men in five groups of three, and the different robes or gowns appropriate to their position, beginning with the Vice Chancellor and a Yeoman, followed by the gowns of the gentlemen and noblemen, the Doctors in Civil Law and Divinity, the Batchelors of Civil Law and the Arts, and finally the young scholars and the common robes of an entry level student. They all wear mortarboards and pose before a landscape of the city, with spires and domes rising above the trees in the background. Lettered with title, descriptive notes, and artist's names.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCostumes of the University of Oxford (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured aquatint etching
Brief description
Hand-coloured aquatint etching of the costumes of the University of Oxford, by J.Baker after a drawing by N. Whittock. Great Britain, 1822.
Physical description
Hand-coloured aquatint etching of the costumes of the University of Oxford, depicting 15 men in five groups of three, and the different robes or gowns appropriate to their position, beginning with the Vice Chancellor and a Yeoman, followed by the gowns of the gentlemen and noblemen, the Doctors in Civil Law and Divinity, the Batchelors of Civil Law and the Arts, and finally the young scholars and the common robes of an entry level student. They all wear mortarboards and pose before a landscape of the city, with spires and domes rising above the trees in the background. Lettered with title, descriptive notes, and artist's names.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.2cm
  • Width: 60.3cm
Dimensions taken from Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
Drawn by N. Whittock, High Street, Oxford. Engraved by J. Baker, 2, Leigh Street, Red Lion Sq., London.
Credit line
Given by Mr Arthur Laws
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1943, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection
Accession number
E.369-1943

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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