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Pictures from Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes by Andrew Lang, M.A., sometime Fellow of Merton College, Oxford [1844 – 1912]; sixth edition, Seely & Co. Ltd., London, 1896.

There are some more pictures of Oxford done by Haslehust, in colour.

I am working on a transcription of this book.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Andrew Lang.

Title: Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes

Author: Lang, Andrew

City: London

Date: 1896

Total items: 23

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

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Old Episcopal Palace.

from a Drawing by R. Kent Thomas. [more...] [$]

Oriel Street.

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

S. Paterson signed the engraving. [$]

View of Oxford

We see the ancient city in the distance between trees in the foreground. [more...] [$]

Magdalen Tower From Christchurch

From an Etching by A. Brunet-Debaines [$]

Folly Bridge

“Any places of strength in Oxford would command the roads leading to the north and west, and the secure, raised paths that ran through the flooded fens to the ford or bridge, if bridge there then was, between Godstowe and the later Norman grand [...] [more...] [$]

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