- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1824]
- Call Number:
- 824.03.01.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An undergraduate leans from a bow window holding a rope attached to a basket containing a gaily dressed courtesan. In its descent it has knocked down the Proctor, who sits on the pavement, the woman falling on top of him. A 'bull-dog' with a constable's staff flashes a lantern on the window and on the woman; another stands just behind. An undergraduate watches from roudnd the corner of the building (right); a well-dressed couple hurry down the side street, looking back with interest."--British Museum catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Oxford bull-dogs detecting brazen smugglers
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Plate from: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published March 1, 1824 by Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Prostitutes, Students, and Teachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Capping a proctor, or, Oxford bull-dogs detecting brazen smugglers [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- June 1, 1824.
- Call Number:
- 824.06.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Blackmantle stands with a trunk marked 'B.B.' at his feet as he gazes at the inscription scrawled on the ceinling of a bare and dilapidated room. An old college scout bows obsequiously, holding out a long paper headed 'A list of necessaries'. A hideous old bed-maker raises a cloud of dust with her broom. Two dandified men, one in cap and gown, stare in quizzically from outside the door (right). On the left is a pile of broken furniture, books, &c., with a box inscribed 'C. Rattle Esqr.'; a college cap is spiked on the leg of a broken chair with bellows (inscribed RC), Latin grammer, lexicon. A torn map of Oxford sags from the wall, with a print of a pugilist (Tom Cribb). A cupboard door is broken from its hinges; on it a target is painted, spattered with bullet marks. in the grate is a bust of Cicero, upside down".--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Plate from: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published by Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- University of Oxford and Cribb, Tom, 1781-1848
- Subject (Topic):
- Students and Dormitories
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > College comforts, a freshman taking possession of his rooms [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1819.
- Call Number:
- 819.00.00.46+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On a bridge with Oxford in the background, male students riding bicyles with female companions collide, toppling another student and a master who drops a book opened to a page with the title "Tutors assistant".
- Alternative Title:
- Brazen Nose Hobbies
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by Sidebethem 287 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- University of Oxford.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bicycles & tricycles, Students, and Teachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Collegians at their exercise!, or, Brazen Nose Hobbies! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1824]
- Call Number:
- 824.03.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A large group of students congregate in the courtyard of Eton College. In the center a student greets his master
- Alternative Title:
- Etonians answering morning master roll
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published March 1, 1824 by Sherwood, Jones & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Eton College
- Subject (Topic):
- Students, Crowds, and Teachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > First absence, or, Etonians answering morning master roll [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1824]
- Call Number:
- 824.05.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In 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 riot
- Alternative Title:
- Burning the oaks, a scene in Tom Quadrangle
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published May 1, 1824 by Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dance, Eating & drinking, Fire, Intoxication, Riots, Students, British, and Universities & colleges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Flooring of Mercury, or, Burning the oaks, a scene in Tom Quadrangle [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Sep. 1, 1826.
- Call Number:
- 824.09.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Plate from: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark., and An ms. '6' was written over the last inscribed digit in the year of publication: 1824.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Jackson, Cyril, 1746-1819, Kett, Henry, 1761-1825, and Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850
- Subject (Topic):
- Universities & colleges, Students, and Walking
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Shew Sunday sketches of character in the Broad Walk, Christ Church, Meadows, Oxford / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Augt. 2, 1824.
- Call Number:
- 824.08.02.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The wide street, lit by a full moon, is filled by a wild fight between undergraduates and their supporters (for whom gowns had been obtained by looting a tailor's shop) and 'bargees, and the butchers, and labourers'. A stage-coach, Old Fly, crowded inside and out, is wedged in the crowd, the outside passengers are assailed by a man in a gown. A woman empties a pot from an upper window; a lantern, hats, &c., fly through the air."--British Museum catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Battle of the togati & the town raff in the High Street Oxford, Battle of the togati and the town raff in the High Street Oxford, and Town and gown
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- University of Oxford
- Subject (Topic):
- Students, Butchers, Crowds, Fights, Occupations, Stagecoaches, and Tailors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Town & gown, or, The battle of the togati & the town raff in the High Street Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C9 824 no. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An undergraduate leans from a bow window holding a rope attached to a basket containing a gaily dressed courtesan. In its descent it has knocked down the Proctor, who sits on the pavement, the woman falling on top of him. A 'bull-dog' with a constable's staff flashes a lantern on the window and on the woman; another stands just behind. An undergraduate watches from roudnd the corner of the building (right); a well-dressed couple hurry down the side street, looking back with interest."--British Museum catalogue. Proof before aquatint and before steeple added in the distance on the right
- Alternative Title:
- Oxford bull-dogs detecting brazen smugglers
- Description:
- Title, printmaker and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For published state see: No. 14930 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 170, vol. 1. Church steeple added to finished plate, in back ground.
- Publisher:
- Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Prostitutes, Students, and Teachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Capping a proctor, or, Oxford bull-dogs detecting brazen smugglers] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C9 824 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Blackmantle stands with a trunk marked 'B.B.' at his feet as he gazes at the inscription scrawled on the ceiling of a bare and dilapidated room. An old college scout bows obsequiously, holding out a long paper headed 'A list of necessaries'. A hideous old bed-maker raises a cloud of dust with her broom. Two dandified men, one in cap and gown, stare in quizzically from outside the door (right). On the left is a pile of broken furniture, books, &c., with a box inscribed 'C. Rattle Esqr.'; a college cap is spiked on the leg of a broken chair with bellows (inscribed RC), Latin grammer, lexicon. A torn map of Oxford sags from the wall, with a print of a pugilist (Tom Cribb). A cupboard door is broken from its hinges; on it a target is painted, spattered with bullet marks. In the grate is a bust of Cicero, upside down
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, 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. 14929 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 169, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- University of Oxford and Cribb, Tom, 1781-1848
- Subject (Topic):
- Students and Dormitories
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [College comforts, a freshman taking possession of his rooms] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C9 824 no. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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
- Description:
- 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., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Pave 278, vol. 1. Note change of plate, 2 figures in background are omitted.
- Publisher:
- Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Jackson, Cyril, 1746-1819, Kett, Henry, 1761-1825, and Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850
- Subject (Topic):
- Universities & colleges, Students, and Walking
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Shew Sunday sketches of character in the Broad Walk, Christ Church, Meadows, Oxford] [graphic]