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Charitable institutions play a large role in the Microcosm, partly as a way to remind the book’s wealthy purchasers of the good works to which they might contribute. Blue Coat schools were charity organizations for promising but indigent students. This plate shows the highlight of the year, when the best student orators perform for the governors and patrons in Latin and Greek. The winners would go on to Oxford and Cambridge on full scholarship.
The Hall, Blue Coat School
Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756–1827)
Medium/Technique
Etching and aquatint with hand-applied watercolor
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number61.496
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Charitable institutions play a large role in the Microcosm, partly as a way to remind the book’s wealthy purchasers of the good works to which they might contribute. Blue Coat schools were charity organizations for promising but indigent students. This plate shows the highlight of the year, when the best student orators perform for the governors and patrons in Latin and Greek. The winners would go on to Oxford and Cambridge on full scholarship.
DescriptionEtching, hand colored