The Oxford Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God MDCCCXXVII – Southeast View of Balliol College

1827

Not on view

The Oxford Almanack is a broadside printed annually to circulate a university calendar and has been published since 1674. This 1827 example includes an exterior view of Balliol College. The calendar below is flanked by lists of British monarchs and officers of the university.

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Title: The Oxford Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God MDCCCXXVII – Southeast View of Balliol College
Artist: After Frederick Mackenzie (British (born Scotland), Edinburgh 1787–1854 London)
Publisher: Joseph Parker (British, 1774?–1850 Oxford)
Publisher: Edward Gardner (British, London 1782–1851)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 1827
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 21 3/4 × 18 9/16 in. (55.2 × 47.2 cm)
Sheet: 28 1/8 × 21 13/16 in. (71.5 × 55.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961
Object Number: 61.563.4
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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