'May Morning on Magdalen Tower', 1888-1890, (1942). Creator: William Holman Hunt.

'May Morning on Magdalen Tower', 1888-1890, (1942). Creator: William Holman Hunt.

2-756-498 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'May Morning on Magdalen Tower', 1888-1890, (1942). Dawn on the first day of May: the choristers of Magdalen College, Oxford, are singing a hymn to the rising sun. This ceremony of pagan origin was revived in the 1840s. Painting in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool. From "English Music', by W. J. Turner. [Collins, London, 1942]


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Creator
  1. William Holman Hunt, attributed to: British; English: Artist, painter
People Related
  1. William Collins: British: Publisher, publishers, publishing company, publishing house
  2. Walter J. Turner: Australian, English, British: Author, writer, poet, playwright and critic

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

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World Europe United Kingdom England Oxfordshire Oxford

  1. 51 45 00 N , 001 15 00 W

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5430x4138
File Size : 65,829kb


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  1. 0580072327
  1. 2-756-498
  1. 2756498

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