drawing
- Museum number
- 1949,1021.2
- Description
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At the bottom of Holywell; stone wall to left with doorway in foreground and castellated tower further back, road in front. 1803
Pen and grey ink with grey wash and graphite
- Production date
- 1803
- Dimensions
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Height: 286 millimetres
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Width: 229 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Richard Stephens (information provided 25 1 09) informs us that this drawing shows part of the perimeter wall of Magdalen College deer park, which runs along Longwall Street in Oxford. The portion portrayed is near the junction with Holywell Street.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1949
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1949,1021.2