Enclosed area, often by a building, that is open to the sky

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Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the courtyard. Coloured engraving.

Guy's Hospital, Southwark: the entrance courtyard, with a patient being carried in on a stretcher. Engraving by W. Woolnoth, 1799, after J. Elmes.

Corpus Christi College, Oxford: quadrangle. Line engraving by J. & H.S. Storer.

Queen's College, Oxford: quadrangle. Wood engraving.

Brasenose College, Oxford: quadrangle, with St. Mary's Church and the Radcliffe Camera behind. Line engraving by J. Basire after J.M.W. Turner.

Guy's Hospital, Southwark: an aerial view. Engraving by W. H. Toms after R. West, c.1738.

Guy's Hospital, Southwark: inside the courtyard. Engraving by T. Higham after T. H. Shepherd.

Sordomuti institute, Bologna: bird's eye view of the San Giuseppe courtyard. Process print.

Bibliothèque Royale, Paris: the courtyard. Line engraving by Letitia Byrne after T.T. Bury, ca. 1830.

Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Paris: courtyard and gardens. Pen and ink drawing by C. Marisy.

Emmanuel College, Cambridge: Front Court, showing the facade of the Chapel. Line engraving by E.F. McCabe, 1824, after R.B. Harraden.

The Schools Quadrangle and the Tower of the Five Orders, Oxford University. Etching.

Clare College, Cambridge: the north range. Line engraving.

Church and Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, Hampshire: with architectural details. Etching by J. Pass, 1809, after J. Cave.

Guy's Hospital, Southwark: the entrance courtyard, with a patient being carried in on a stretcher. Coloured engraving by W. , 1799, after J.

Trinity College, Cambridge: Great Court. Chromolithograph after V.S. Hine, 1892.

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Courtyards

Images from the collections

Images about Courtyards

Works from the collections

Guy's Hospital, Southwark: the entrance courtyard, with a patient being carried in on a stretcher. Engraving by W. Woolnoth, 1799, after J. Elmes.

Clare College, Cambridge: the north range. Line engraving.

Church and Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, Hampshire: with architectural details. Etching by J. Pass, 1809, after J. Cave.

Guy's Hospital, Southwark: the entrance courtyard, with a patient being carried in on a stretcher. Coloured engraving by W. , 1799, after J.

Trinity College, Cambridge: Great Court. Chromolithograph after V.S. Hine, 1892.

Courtyards

Images from the collections

Images about Courtyards

Works from the collections

Guy's Hospital, Southwark: the entrance courtyard, with a patient being carried in on a stretcher. Engraving by W. Woolnoth, 1799, after J. Elmes.

Clare College, Cambridge: the north range. Line engraving.

Church and Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, Hampshire: with architectural details. Etching by J. Pass, 1809, after J. Cave.

Guy's Hospital, Southwark: the entrance courtyard, with a patient being carried in on a stretcher. Coloured engraving by W. , 1799, after J.

Trinity College, Cambridge: Great Court. Chromolithograph after V.S. Hine, 1892.

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