Mortarboard Collection

Dante in Oxford; Proctor: Your Name And College?, 1904. Artist: Max Beerbohm
Dante in Oxford; Proctor: Your Name And College?, 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904)

Athletic sports by the Westminster scholars in their playground:...the hurdle race, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Athletic sports by the Westminster scholars in their playground, Vincent-square, [London]: the hurdle race, 1864. 'The public exhibition of these performances...proved sufficiently interesting to

; A Columbia (Pensylvanie) le 10 mai: la harangue a nos... 1917. Creator: Unknown
; A Columbia (Pensylvanie) le 10 mai: la harangue a nos representants du Dr Nicholas Murray Butler, president de l'Universite, 1917

The Western College for Women class of 1904, Oxford, Ohio, 1904. Creator: Unknown
The Western College for Women class of 1904, Oxford, Ohio, 1904

Ochs, Miss, portrait photograph, 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Ochs, Miss, portrait photograph, 1913

Mr. J.S. Phillpotts. M.A. B.C.L. Headmaster Bedford Grammar School, 1891. Creator: Unknown
Mr. J.S. Phillpotts. M.A. B.C.L. Headmaster Bedford Grammar School, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Lady of Letters, San Diego, 1938. Creator: Unknown
Lady of Letters, San Diego, 1938. Savoy [Theatre]...Up to the Minute Collegiate Comedy - Lady of Letters'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

Class of 29, Des Moines, IA, 1937. Creator: Unknown
Class of 29, Des Moines, IA, 1937. The Play that Rocked Broadway - "Class of 29" - It Dares to Tell the Truth - President Theatre'. Poster for play by Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings

"The New Education Illustrated" by Edith C. Westcott... 1900. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
"The New Education Illustrated" by Edith C. Westcott, with photographs from life by Frances Benjamin Johnston, Number 2 - Arithmetic, 1900

"The New Education Illustrated" by Edith C. Westcott... 1900. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
"The New Education Illustrated" by Edith C. Westcott, with photographs from life by Frances Benjamin Johnston, Number 1 - Primary, 1900

Arthur P. Owens, between 1913 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Arthur P. Owens, between 1913 and 1918
Arthur P. Owens, between 1913 and 1918. Wearing academic robes

Harper's June, c1890 - 1907. Creator: Edward Penfield
Harper's June, c1890 - 1907. [Publisher: Harper Publications; Place: New York]

John Carroll, Statue At Georgetown University, Dedicated May 4, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
John Carroll, Statue At Georgetown University, Dedicated May 4, 1912 - Chief Justice White And Cardinal Gibbons At Dedication, 1912 May 4

John Carroll, Statue At Georgetown University, Dedicated May 4, 1912 - Scenes At Desk, 1912 May 4. [John Carroll, archbishop of Baltimore, was the founder of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C

"The Domum", at Winchester College, 1854. Creator: Unknown. "The Domum", at Winchester College
"The Domum", at Winchester College, 1854. Annual singing of the school song, which dates back to at least 1773, at Winchester College, a private boys school in Hampshire

Presentation of Addresses to Her Majesty, at Windsor Castle... 1850. Creator: Unknown
Presentation of Addresses to Her Majesty, at Windsor Castle - the Ante-Room to St. George's-Hall, 1850. The City of London, the University of Oxford

Ruggles, Gen. son & daughter?, at Soldiers Home, between 1890 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Ruggles, Gen. son & daughter?, at Soldiers Home, between 1890 and 1910

Young men preparing to receive degrees from Howard University, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Young men preparing to receive degrees from Howard University

James Smithson, 1786. Creator: James Roberts
James Smithson, 1786

James Smithson, n. d. Creator: Bone
James Smithson, n.d. Attributed to Bone

Quae Genus at Oxford, from The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Found
Quae Genus at Oxford, from " The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax", November 1, 1821

The Hopes of the Family - An Admission at the University, ca. 1803. ca. 1803
The Hopes of the Family - An Admission at the University, ca. 1803

Drill Extraordinary, or University Dicipline, 1834. Creator: John Doyle
Drill Extraordinary, or University Dicipline, 1834. Prime Minister Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington holds the ceremonial mace

The Prince of Wales in his Early Days, (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in his Early Days, (1901). Prince Albert Edward (1841-1910), the future King Edward VII, shown as a baby with his mother Queen Victoria, as a child, in Highland dress

The great Panjandrum himself, c1885, (1934). Creator: Randolph Caldecott
The great Panjandrum himself, c1885, (1934)....and the great Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at the top. From " The Panjandrum Picture Book"

The Lecture, 1808, (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
The Lecture, 1808, (1827). A group of Oxford scholars listen to William Fisher, Registrar of the University. Engraving after Scholars at a lecture of 1736 by Hogarth

A Master of Arts in his usual Dress, 1796. Creator: Luigi Schiavonetti
A Master of Arts in his usual Dress, 1796. A Mr Lambert wearing an academic gown, tasselled mortar board, breeches, silk stockings and gloves

A Bachelor of Arts in his full Dress, 1796. Creator: Anthony Cardon
A Bachelor of Arts in his full Dress, 1796. A scholar wearing an academic gown with a fur-trimmed hood and tasselled mortar board

The Lecture, 1736, (1830s). Creator: Unknown
The Lecture, 1736, (1830s). A group of Oxford scholars listen to William Fisher, Registrar of the University. Facsimile of Scholars at a lecture. [Jones & Co. Finsbury Square, London]

The Rakes Progress at the University - No. 2, 1806. Creator: James Gillray
The Rakes Progress at the University - No. 2, 1806. Satire depicting an angry tutor watching an undergraduate nonchalantly walking on the grass: Ah me

A View taken from Christ Church Meadows, Oxford, 1807. Artist: Robert Dighton
A View taken from Christ Church Meadows, Oxford, 1807. Two Oxford dons in traditional black robes: James Webber (c1771-1847), Dean of Ripon, and Dr Cyril Jackson (1746-1819), Dean of Christ Church

Imposition of the doctoral mortarboard, original copy of the 17th century

School-boys flogging the Schoolmaster, 1852. Artist: John Leech
School-boys flogging the Schoolmaster, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A. A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Sertorius and his young Friends, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Sertorius and his young Friends, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Silhouette Portrait of Charles Dickens, c1840s, (1910)
Silhouette Portrait of Charles Dickens, 1910. Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic

Advertisement for Salt Regal tonic, 1890. A print from The Graphic, 12 July 1890

Marlborough College, 1902. Artist: Spy
Marlborough College, 1902. The Reverend G Bell, headmaster of Marlborough College in Wiltshire. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, 10th July 1902

Choirboys of St Clement Danes beating the boundary-marks on the Thames, London, 1926-1927. Boys in mortarboards take part in the old custom of beating the parish bounds

John Price, Bodley librarian, 1828. Artist: J Swaine
John Price, Bodley librarian, 1828

A Bad Example, 1878. Artist: Swain
A Bad Example, 1878. Satirical cartoon featuring Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881). From Punch (or the London Charivari) magazine (1878)

Dr Maria Montessori (1870-1952), Italian philosopher, 1926. In addition to being a philosopherm Montessori was also a physician, educator, humanitarian and devout Catholic

The Prince of Wales as chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor, 1923. The future King Edward VIII in military uniform and ceremonial robes

Edward Terry in My Pretty Maid, c1902. Artist: Bassano Studio
Edward Terry in My Pretty Maid, c1902. Portrait of British actor Edward Terry

The Prince of Wales with undergraduates in Grahamstown, South Africa, 1925. The future King Edward VIII with university students

Honour to Agneta Frances Ramsay! Cambridge, June, 1887. Artist: George du Maurier
Honour to Agneta Frances Ramsay! Cambridge, June, 1887. Mr Punch bows to Agneta Frances Ramsay who sat, and passed with First Class Honours, the papers set

Henry George Liddell, British scholar, 1875. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
Henry George Liddell, British scholar, 1875. The Dean of Christchurch, Oxford, Liddells (1811-1891) daughter Alice was immortalised in Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland. Cartoon from Vanity Fair

Thomas Arnold (1795-1842), British educationalist and scholar, 1869. Arnold was the famous headmaster of Rugby School, who features in Thomas Hughes Tom Browns Schooldays

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist in 1921. Curie (1867-1934) with Dean Pegram of the School of Engineering, Columbia University, New York, during her tour of the United States

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