Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692)

St Alban Hall, Oxford – now Merton College (1727)

Engraving

12 x 16 cm

St Alban Hall, sometimes known as St Alban’s Hall or Stubbins, was one of the medieval halls of the University of Oxford, and one of the longest-surviving. It was established in the 13th century and was acquired by neighbouring Merton College in the 16th century. The institutions formally merged in the late 19th century. The site in Merton Street, Oxford, is now occupied by Merton’s Edwardian St Alban’s Quad.

Engraved by Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan, the noted engraver, draughtsman, and painter.

Pieter van der Aa of Leiden was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases, though he also printed editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. He is noted for the many engravings he produced after David Loggan’s series of Oxford and Cambridge colleges and costumes. In 1727 Van Der Aa illustrated “Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne & de L’Irelande” by James Beeverell, the book in which this engraving appears.

Condition: a good impression.

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