Method | Steel engraving |
Artist | George Hollis |
Published | Published by James Ryman , High Street, Oxford, 1838. |
Dimensions | Image 191 x 272 mm |
Notes |
A view of Queen's College's quadrangle, with the entrance to the college hall and chapel. George Hollis (1792-1842) was a well-known artist and engraver who worked in Oxford in the first half of the nineteenth century. Many of his engravings were published by James Ryman, a printseller on the High Street, Oxford, active between 1836 and 1865. Hollis's views were published separately from 1819 before being bound as a volume with descriptive text in 1839. Illustrations of Oxford is a comparatively rare work with some uncommon views of the colleges to which celebrated artists like T. S. Boys, Frederick Nash and J. S. Prout made relevant contributions. Condition: Printed on India laid paper. Light water stain top top left corner of sheet and image |
Framing | mounted |
Price | £180.00 |
Stock ID | 46940 |