catalogue text.indd - Sanders of Oxford

solely used on eighteenth-century perspective views, or
vue d’optiques.
35. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent received
by the University & City of Oxford June 14. 1814. in
High Street.
Mezzotint printed in colour
Charles Turner after George Jones Esqr.
Oxford, Published Octr. 21. 1815, by Mr. Jones, Printseller,
HIgh Street.
Image 505 x 690 mm
framed
The Prince Regent, accompanied by the Emperor of
Russia and the King of Prussia, made a three-day visit to
Oxford in June, 1814. The Prince stayed with the Dean of
Christ Church, the Emperor with the Warden of Merton,
and the King with the President of Corpus Christi. ‘The
whole procession of the University and City, the University
on the right hand and the City on the left, advanced
uncovered up the High Street’ for the reception here
depicted. It was followed by a banquet in the Radcliffe
Library, illuminations, and on the following day, the giving
of Diplomas to the visitors in the Sheldonian Theatre,
accompanied by lengthy recitations of odes in Latin and
Greek.
Designed to be viewed through optical machines, “optiques”
or “Zograscopes” were displayed by showmen in
the streets of Europe and keenly collected by the upper
classes who owned optical machines at home. Throughout
this period there was great curiosity regarding foreign
and unvisited European cities and these print shows provided
the general public with a glimpse of these distant
locations.
[30119]
£575
Whitman 769
Condition: Clean impression with bright original printed
colour, trimmed just outside of image. Framed in a period
frame.
[29836]
£1,800
36. [A View of part of St. Mary’s Church, of Oxford]
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
[Georg Balthasar after John Donowell]
c. 1755
Image 265 x 395 mm
unmounted
An extremely scarce Vue D’optique of Oxford High
Street based on Donowell’s earlier print. All the windows
of the scene have been cut out and replaced with hand
coloured transparent paper. This unusual technique was
37. [A View of Queen’s College, the University College
of Oxford.]
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
[Georg Balthasar after John Donowell]