Drei Kupferstiche von Joseph Skelton (ca. 1783–1871) aus seiner „Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata“ über Gebäude in und um Oxford, England, die abgerissen oder erheblich verändert wurden: Das Wappen der Osney Abbey mit einem Ochsen (oben); das University College, wie es 1600 aussah; und das East Gate von Oxford, ein mittelalterliches befestigtes Tor, das von Schlachttürmen flankiert wird.
9605 x 13601 px | 81,3 x 115,2 cm | 32 x 45,3 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
12. April 2015
Ort:
Oxford, England, UK
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Osney Abbey arms, University College in about 1600, and the East Gate, city of Oxford, England. Copperplate engravings by Joseph Skelton (c. 1783 - 1871) which appeared in ‘Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata’, published by Skelton in 1823. ‘Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata’ featured Skelton’s copperplate engravings, with descriptive text, of buildings in and around Oxford that by the early 1800s had been demolished or significantly altered. The page in this image comes from Volume II of the book, where it was used as Plate 114. It combines three engravings by Skelton: the arms of Osney Abbey, featuring an ox; University College as it looked in 1600; and Oxford’s East Gate. Osney (or Oseney) Abbey was a house of Augustinian canons, founded in the 1100s on land to the west of Oxford City centre. Today, only fragments of the abbey’s stonework survive. University College was founded c. 1250, i.e. around 350 years before its c. 1600 depiction in this image. It is the oldest college in Oxford or Cambridge. Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley arrived at the college in 1810 but was expelled the following year. The East Gate in Oxford’s city wall was a single arch flanked by towers that spanned the ‘High’ or High Street until its demolition in 1771. Its name is today preserved by the Eastgate Hotel, housed in 17th century buildings at the junction of High Street and Merton Street. Joseph Skelton was an engraver who specialised in antiquarian and topographical subjects and brother of engraver William Skelton. He arrived in oxford before 1819 and was responsible for publishing ‘Oxonia Antiqua Illustrata’ and ‘Antiquities of Oxfordshire’ (1823); and Engraved Illustrations of Antient (sic) Arms and Armour from the collection at Goodrich Court from the Drawings, and with the Descriptions of Dr. Meyrick’ (1830). D1402.B8678
