Oriel College
Engraved area: 42 x 33.5cmPaper size: 53.5 x 39cm
£195.00
ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD. FOUNDED BY ADAM DE BROME AD 1324. REFOUNDED BY K. EDWARD 2nd AD 1326
Originally published in 1919, this is a photo-engraving [i.e. printed from a metal plate], made from a 1919 original. It was printed by hand on an Albion hand-press, on acid-free laid paper
This is an excellent copy, never mounted or framed, of an Edmund Hort New view of Oriel College.
New was born in Evesham in 1871, moved to Oxford in 1905, and died there in 1931.
He was heavily influenced by the Arts & Crafts Movement, especially A.J.Gaskin and William Morris, and became a master of pen & ink drawing.
