The Oxford Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God MDCCCXL – Church of St. Mary Magdalen
The Oxford Almanack is a broadside printed annually to circulate a university calendar and has been published since 1674. This 1840 example includes an image of the medieval Church of St. Mary Magdalen whose north aisle was to be restored in 1841–42 by the young George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878). The church stands south of the Martyrs' Memorial (1843, also designed by Scott). 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 MDCCCXL – Church of St. Mary Magdalen
- Engraver: William Radclyffe (British, Birmingham 1783–1855 Birmingham)
- Artist: After Frederick Mackenzie (British (born Scotland), Edinburgh 1787–1854 London)
- Publisher: Joseph Parker (British, 1774?–1850 Oxford)
- Publisher: John Henry Parker (British, London 1806–1884 Oxford)
- Publisher: Edward Gardner (British, London 1782–1851)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Date: 1840
- Medium: Steel engraving
- Dimensions: Top plate: 11 1/2 × 15 9/16 in. (29.2 × 39.5 cm)
Sheet: 26 3/4 × 20 1/4 in. (68 × 51.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
- Object Number: 62.570.17
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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