The Oxford Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God MDCCCXVI – Divinity School
The Oxford Almanack is a broadside printed annually to circulate a university calendar and has been published since 1674. This 1816 example includes an interior view of the Divinity School with gothic vaults. The calendar below is flanked by lists of British monarchs and officers of the university.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Oxford Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God MDCCCXVI – Divinity School
- Engraver: Joseph John Skelton (British, London 1783–1871 London)
- Artist: After John Buckler (British, Calbourne, Isle of Wight 1770–1851 London)
- Publisher: Joshua Cooke (British, died by 1820)
- Publisher: J. Gardner (British, active London, early 19th century)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Date: 1816
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 21 15/16 × 19 in. (55.8 × 48.3 cm)
Sheet: 28 3/8 × 21 3/16 in. (72 × 53.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.40.52
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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