A View from Brazen Nose College, Oxford.
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Robert Dighton A View from Brazen Nose College, Oxford. London, R. Dighton May 1808 Etching Original hand-colouring 290x210mm
Description
William Cleaver (1742-1815), Principal of Brasenose, stands looking to the left, wearing mortar board, old fashioned bob wig and academic dress. His active participation in University life gave Brasenose a reputation for scholarship and discipline, which it had hitherto lacked, he also became successively Bishop of Chester, Bangor and St. Asaph. BM 11069.
