'The University is Introduced from her Gothic Retirement by Minerva to the Knowledge of...Antiquity, Sculpture and Architecture', allegorical scene recording the arrival of The Arundel Marbles presented to Oxford University in 1755, in 'The University Almanack' published 1757byEnglish School
'The University is Introduced from her Gothic Retirement by Minerva to the Knowledge of...Antiquity, Sculpture and Architecture', allegorical scene recording the arrival of The Arundel Marbles presented to Oxford University in 1755, in 'The University Almanack' published 1757
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'The University is Introduced from her Gothic Retirement by Minerva to the Knowledge of...Antiquity, Sculpture and Architecture', allegorical scene recording the arrival of The Arundel Marbles presented to Oxford University in 1755, in 'The University Almanack' published 1757
Thomas Howard (1585-1646) 2nd Earl of Arundel; collection of Greek and Roman statues given to Oxford in 1667 and 1755; found in Italy, Asia Minor and Greece;