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Academic rites and ceremonies

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Rites and ceremonies
Manners and customs

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  • William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, dispensing Roman Catholic tracts from a balloon to the people of Oxford; representing his installation as Chancellor of Oxford University. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1810.
  • The installation of the Earl of Westmorland as Chancellor of Oxford University in the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford. Engraving by T. Worlidge, 1761.

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    William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, dispensing Roman Catholic tracts from a balloon to the people of Oxford; representing his installation as Chancellor of Oxford University. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1810.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: Publish'd Aug.t 1810 | Reference: 2496779i
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    William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, dispensing Roman Catholic tracts from a balloon to the people of Oxford; representing his installation as Chancellor of Oxford University. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1810.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: August 8th 1810 | Reference: 36363i
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    The installation of the Earl of Westmorland as Chancellor of Oxford University in the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford. Engraving by T. Worlidge, 1761.

    Worlidge, T. (Thomas), 1700-1766. | Date: March 28th 1761 | Reference: 579867i

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