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Treasures of Worcester College Blog

31st July 2020

Remembering 1720 in 2020

James Thornhill’s Drawing for the Oxford Almanack 1720 [Colvin 522] 2020 is certainly a year we will not forget.  1720 was perhaps...

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31st July 2020

Remembering 1720 in 2020

18th century Architectural history Drawings Prints

08th June 2020

On the occasion of the Library’s 300th birthday

18th century 19th century 20th century Architectural history George Clarke

15th May 2020

Pirates and Highwaymen: True Crime in the Eighteenth Century

18th century Books

24th April 2020

‘With all best wishes and cordial regrets…’: turning down social invitations

20th century College Archives Literary history Students

27th March 2020

In search of Rosalind Clay

20th century Books Women's history

27th February 2020

Fashionable Fairies

18th century Books Literary history Women's history

31st January 2020

The Garland of Rachel

19th century 20th century Binding history Books Literary history Manuscripts Printing history

19th December 2019

Season’s Greetings: Worcester College Christmas Cards

20th century Christmas College Archives

29th November 2019

History of Science books from Worcester’s collections

16th century 17th century 18th century Books History of science

30th October 2019

Women at Worcester College: the First Admission of Women in 1979

20th century College Archives Matriculation Students Women's history

27th September 2019

Cromwell’s Citadels

17th century Architectural history Drawings English Civil War William Clarke

30th August 2019

An August atlas: Wheler’s Journey into Greece

17th century Atlases & travel Books

31st July 2019

Illustrating Ovid

17th century Books Printing history
Image of weathered stone head in the Bodleian.

28th June 2019

Head Hunting in Worcester College: Robert Bridges’ “Verses Written for Mrs Daniel”

20th century Architectural history First World War Women's history
Print of two figures planting a tree, with an Italianate landscape in the background.

30th May 2019

Of gardens

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