Photograph of The 'Great' St. Alban's comet of 1869 [Thomas Chamberlain, Vicar of St. Thomas and Richard Meux Benson, Vicar of Cowley St. John, in roundels, with others gazing skywards to the head of Alexander Heriot Mackonochie of Wadham College and Perpetual Curate of St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn, in a roundel, given the name of the 'St. Alban's Martyr' following his prosecution (1867) and banning from preaching (1869) on account of his ritualistic practices, with a smaller roundel of Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford. cf. discovery of a comet by M. Tempel, Vienna, 11 Oct. 1869] [John Johnson 5] by Thomas Shrimpton & Son publ.
G.A. Oxon. 4o 412, fol. 5
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Photograph of The 'Great' St. Alban's comet of 1869 [Thomas Chamberlain, Vicar of St. Thomas and Richard Meux Benson, Vicar of Cowley St. John, in roundels, with others gazing skywards to the head of Alexander Heriot Mackonochie of Wadham College and Perpetual Curate of St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn, in a roundel, given the name of the 'St. Alban's Martyr' following his prosecution (1867) and banning from preaching (1869) on account of his ritualistic practices, with a smaller roundel of Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford. cf. discovery of a comet by M. Tempel, Vienna, 11 Oct. 1869] [John Johnson 5] by Thomas Shrimpton & Son publ.
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G.A. Oxon. 4o 412, fol. 5
Date
1869
Language
English
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1 item
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Collection contents
Shrimpton's Oxford Caricatures
Shrimpton caricatures Volume 1
Photograph of The 'Great' St. Alban's comet of 1869 [Thomas Chamberlain, Vicar of St. Thomas and Richard Meux Benson, Vicar of Cowley St. John, in roundels, with others gazing skywards to the head of Alexander Heriot Mackonochie of Wadham College and Perpetual Curate of St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn, in a roundel, given the name of the 'St. Alban's Martyr' following his prosecution (1867) and banning from preaching (1869) on account of his ritualistic practices, with a smaller roundel of Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford. cf. discovery of a comet by M. Tempel, Vienna, 11 Oct. 1869] [John Johnson 5] by Thomas Shrimpton & Son publ.
