8058 x 5848 px | 68,2 x 49,5 cm | 26,9 x 19,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1809
Ubicazione:
Jesus College, Cambridge
Altre informazioni:
Jesus College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, Bishop of Ely, as the College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund but adopted the name Jesus College derived from the name of its chapel, Jesus Chapel. It retains to this day most of the buildings of the nunnery but many additions are also evident on the site some of which were carried out by Alcock at the time of foundation. Its alumni include Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury and author of the Book of Common Prayer, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, the broadcaster Alistair Cooke, and Arthur Quiller-Couch ‘Q’ the writer. The view shows the main entrance gateway to Jesus College, at the end of the passage from Jesus Lane known as The Chimney. To the right of the gatehouse tower is the Master’s Lodge, and the Chapel tower is visible at far right. The picture was drawn by R B Harraden Jnr and etched by Elizabeth Byrne
