Flooring of Mercury, or, Burning the oaks, a scene in Tom Quadrangle [graphic]Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker[1 May 1824]engIn a courtyard of Christ Church (Oxford), undergraduates in cap and gown dance around a bonfire, fueled by doors, chairs, and tables carried from the surrounding buildings. Other students pull at ropes to drag a statute of Mercury towards the flames. From the windows on either side of the gateway students throw objects including a globe and a chamber pot, while another blows a trumpet. Groups of students dance wildly as they drink and riotTitle from caption below image.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.