The University and City of Oxford

Method Steel engraving
Artist John Whessell
Published London: Published by Thomas Kelly. 17 Paternoster Row 1837
Dimensions Image 100 x 170 mm, Plate 143 x 229 mm, Sheet 215 x 265 mm
Notes A detailed view of the city from Hinksey, published in John Whessell's Oxford Delineated; or A Sketch of the History and Antiquities and a General Topographical Description of That Celebrated University and City: Illustrated by A Series of Views. Published just before Ingram's Memorials, Whessel's was a slightly less ambitious work, though it contained twenty two steel engravings of colleges as well as text elucidating their histories.

John Whessell (c.1760-1806) was an Oxford-based etcher, engraver and mezzotinter. He often published his own work.
Framing mounted
Price £100.00
Stock ID 48094

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