[The Library of All Souls College]

Method Copper engraving
Artist Joseph Skelton after Charles Wild
Published [1829]
Dimensions Image 319 x 440 mm, Plate 355 x 437 mm, Sheet 389 x 487 mm
Notes An early working proof impression on India laid paper of the Oxford Almanack for the year 1829. With many features incomplete, including the statue of Christopher Codrington, the book stands and globes, and the students robes in the foreground.

There are three proofs, one in early state, in the Ashmolean Museum (Amanack Vol.), and the original watercolour drawing is deposited there by the Delegates of the Press.
Petter, Helen Mary. The Oxford Almanacks. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press.1974. p90
Framing unmounted
Price £185.00
Stock ID 30254

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