. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . t. In the Gallery are displayed valuable etchings by Rembrandt,Vandyck, &c., with curious prints by Albert Durer, and others from the DouceCollection (Bodleian). There are also some good examples of the early Italianpainters, the early and later British schools, and the Bentinck Hawkins collec-tion of Miniatures; to these were added in 1894, by a munificent bequest of The Randolph Hotel. 03 Mrs. Combe, several works by the mcdern Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood—Millais, Holman Hunt, D. G. Rossetli, &c., wit
. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . t. In the Gallery are displayed valuable etchings by Rembrandt,Vandyck, &c., with curious prints by Albert Durer, and others from the DouceCollection (Bodleian). There are also some good examples of the early Italianpainters, the early and later British schools, and the Bentinck Hawkins collec-tion of Miniatures; to these were added in 1894, by a munificent bequest of The Randolph Hotel. 03 Mrs. Combe, several works by the mcdern Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood—Millais, Holman Hunt, D. G. Rossetli, &c., with landscapes by David Coxand others. A fire-proof gallery on the same floor contains the famous collec-tion of 190 crigiral sketches by Michel Argtlo and Raffciello, purchased for;^7,ooo, the greater pait of which was contributed by the Earl of Eldon. Hereare also drawings and etchings by Claude, and some choice drawings of Oxfordby De Wint, J. M. W. Tuiner, and F. Mackenzie ; besides a collection ofJ. works, the gilt of the late John Ruskin (fiist Slade Professor),. RANDOLPH HOTEL. who also founded, furnished and endowed the Ruskin Drawing School,which occupies the ground floor of the West Wing, and is enriched by manyprecious examples and studies generously presented by Mr. Ruskin for the useof students. (The Ruskin School can be visited only by special permission.) 1 67. The Randolph Hotel, erected in 1864, has some archi-tectural pretensions. It is the largest hotel in Oxford, and is much frequented by American visitors. A new Assembly Room I04 Aldens Oxford Guide. and other buildings were added in 1890, and the accommodatioais most complete. The building on the opposite side of St. Gilesis the West front of Balliol College (60); while right before usstands the exceedingly beautiful Memorial Cross so well known as 56. The Martyrs* Memorial, one of the earliest, andjustly considered one of the best works of its eminent designer,the late Sir G. G. Scott, , t
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