A New Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing an Accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in Each of the Colleges; the Gardens, ... To which are Added, Descriptions of the Buildings, ... at Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham and Stow, ...D. Prince, and J. Cooke, 1787 - 152 pages |
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... ornamented with Heads , and Feftoons of Fruit , 3 feet by 1 foot 3 inches diameter . 27 A Statue of Scipio Africanus , or Demofthenes , 7 feet high . The drapery in a very bold ftyle . It is probably probably of fome Orator ; the right ...
... ornamented with Heads , and Feftoons of Fruit , 3 feet by 1 foot 3 inches diameter . 27 A Statue of Scipio Africanus , or Demofthenes , 7 feet high . The drapery in a very bold ftyle . It is probably probably of fome Orator ; the right ...
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... ornamented- with Hieroglyphics , of which , ( though a celebrated Antiquary hath been pleased to call them whimsical Figures which ferve to amufe the vulgar , but are only the licentious Inventions of the Mafon , ) we fhall here give a ...
... ornamented- with Hieroglyphics , of which , ( though a celebrated Antiquary hath been pleased to call them whimsical Figures which ferve to amufe the vulgar , but are only the licentious Inventions of the Mafon , ) we fhall here give a ...
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... ornamented with a Caft in Plaifter of Paris of the Florentine Boar . Robert Egglesfield , a native of Cumberland , Confeffor to Queen Philippa , and Bachelor of Divinity in this Univerfity , having purchafed feveral Tenements in the ...
... ornamented with a Caft in Plaifter of Paris of the Florentine Boar . Robert Egglesfield , a native of Cumberland , Confeffor to Queen Philippa , and Bachelor of Divinity in this Univerfity , having purchafed feveral Tenements in the ...
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... ornamented with many other Bufts , which are chiefly Copies from antique Originals . The College Buttery , which was built with the Hall , is divided by a Paffage ; it is of an oval Form , with an arch'd Stone Roof of very curious Work ...
... ornamented with many other Bufts , which are chiefly Copies from antique Originals . The College Buttery , which was built with the Hall , is divided by a Paffage ; it is of an oval Form , with an arch'd Stone Roof of very curious Work ...
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... ornamented with Gildings , & c . The Ceiling contains an Affembly of the Gods , painted by Kent . Two of the Compartments are filled with hiftorical Pièces from the Eneid , by the fame Hand ; one of which reprefents Eneas meeting Venus ...
... ornamented with Gildings , & c . The Ceiling contains an Affembly of the Gods , painted by Kent . Two of the Compartments are filled with hiftorical Pièces from the Eneid , by the fame Hand ; one of which reprefents Eneas meeting Venus ...
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