Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle by William Hoare
- GB 2014 WS-03-PIC-002/85
- Item
- Mid 18th Century
Hoare, William, c.1707-1792
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle by William Hoare
Hoare, William, c.1707-1792
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton after Cornelis Jonson
Bust length, in a black doublet with white lace collar and later inscription on painted oval.
Johnson, Cornelius, 1593-1661
The Imperial Palace, Tokyo by Takashi Funaki
Funaki, Takashi
Reverend Benjamin Fuller James by a member of the English School
Head and shoulders; he is turned to the left; he wears a black academic dress.
End of Term in College Dormitory
One copy annotated on reverse by R.S. Chalk, as follows:
'This picture would have been ‘posed’ by John Brown. As Under Election John he would have had to clear up the mess after Term, together with the long-suffering ‘Nymphs’ (as the two College charwomen were termed).
I do not recall any such (rather senseless) ragging at the end of any of my 12 Terms in College (in any case, at the end of Play Term Under Elections, depicted here, were accommodated up Saignes).
There was however one annual event on the last Saturday night of each Election Term, as an aftermath of the feast which followed Declams. This was Conveniences Race, a knock-out in which the Juniors competed in pairs, as a part of gaining their ‘freedom’. It consisted of a hurdle-race over towel-horses the length of Dormitory, out to Conveniences (Night Japs), to touch the door-handle there (a good bit of rough play took place here) and so back, cheered by occupants of one’s Room. Competitors wore pyjamas, and (an innovation I remember in 1924) top hats with white ties round the crowns.'
Obverse: Alexandria Nero tetradrachm
Obverse: Diademed head facing right
Reverse: Byzantine Devotional Medal - electrotype copy
Reverse: One seated figure; four standing
Obverse: Alexander III tetradrachm - cast copy
Obverse: Head of young Herakles facing right, wearing lion skin