P1982.361.14: Untitled (photograph of a drawing labeled "A day with the J.P.T. — 'Run to Ground'". No. 3 Revd. F. Harrison Oriel College. It is commonly believed by Undergraduates that a Proctor cannot proctorize within the College gates; hence men generally try to run to ground, either to their own College or another — Some however have lately been unearthed; verso: photograph of a drawing labeled "The Proctors having cleared out the Coffee Room at the Randolph sit down to a Dinner for five with nothing touched but the soup & regale bulldogs too at another table. Senior Proctor speaks ("?, my boy. Here's to our noble selves'.")
Photographs
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P1982.361.14
- People
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Iorwerth Grey Lloyd, British (1845-1903)
- Title
- Untitled (photograph of a drawing labeled "A day with the J.P.T. — 'Run to Ground'". No. 3 Revd. F. Harrison Oriel College. It is commonly believed by Undergraduates that a Proctor cannot proctorize within the College gates; hence men generally try to run to ground, either to their own College or another — Some however have lately been unearthed; verso: photograph of a drawing labeled "The Proctors having cleared out the Coffee Room at the Randolph sit down to a Dinner for five with nothing touched but the soup & regale bulldogs too at another table. Senior Proctor speaks ("?, my boy. Here's to our noble selves'.")
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph, album page
- Date
- 1864-1871
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/324768
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Album page with albumen silver prints
- Technique
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- 28.7 x 22.4 cm (11 5/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: recto and verso; ink inscriptions above and beneath photographs.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, New York. on Long Term Loan at the Fogg Art Museum from 1977 to 1982
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
- Object Number
- P1982.361.14
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Photograph information:
Recto;
Photograph of a drawing labeled "A day with the J.P.T. — 'Run to Ground'".
Inscribed: "No. 3. Revd. F. Harrison Oriel College. It is commonly believed by Undergraduates that a Proctor cannot proctorize within the College gates; hence men generally try to run to ground, either to their own College or another — Some however have lately been unearthed."
Verso:
Photograph of a drawing labeled "The Proctors having cleared out the Coffee Room at the Randolph sit down to a Dinner for five with nothing touched but the soup & regale bulldogs too at another table. Senior Proctor speaks ("?, my boy. Here's to our noble selves'.")
Inscribed: "No. 57. The Randolph Hotel was opened about this time & attracted by it's large rooms and good dinners many undergraduates. It became a favourite arena for the exercise of proctorial power. No one it is hoped ever thought that the imaginary scene here sketched really happened. Revd. J.J. ? M.A. of ? & J.E. Thurley Esqre M.A. of Wadham. Proctors 1866-67."
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