Frontispiece to james miller, 'the humours of oxford', 2nd edition (london, 1730); scene in a tavern; at centre haughty, a fellow of one of the oxford colleges, sits drunkenly disputing with the vice-chancellor, who stands at right; on the other side of the table at left, standing, are conundrum (another fellow), also drinking, and a servant, behind conundrum on the wall, a framed 'oxford alm[anac]'; in the doorway, holding a truncheon, the vice-chancellor's attendant. Etching and engraving. Date: 1730. Dimensions: Height: 171 mm (cropped); Width: 105 mm (cropped). Medium: paper. Depicted People: James Miller. Collection: British Museum. Print, frontispiece, satirical print (BM Cc,1.99)
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