Tom Quad
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The Great Quadrangle, more popularly known as Tom Quad, is one of the quadrangles of Christ Church, Oxford, England. It is the largest college quad in Oxford, measuring 264 by 261 feet. Although it wa
View of Tom Quad (1525–1529), including Tom Tower (1681–1682)
The Mercury fountain
Winter view of Tom Quad in the snow.
Print of 1675, before Wren's additions, David Loggan, Oxonia Illustrata
Thomas Wolsey
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Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the
Tom Quad
…one of the quadrangles of Christ Church, Oxford, England. It is the largest college quad in Oxford, measuring 264 by 261 feet. Although it was begun by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525–1529, he was unable to complete it before his fall from power. Wolsey planned a cloister, but only the starts of the arches on the walls, and…
Portrait at Trinity College, Cambridge, c. 1585–1596
Heraldic banner of Wolsey as Archbishop of York, showing the arms of the See of York impaling his personal arms, with a cardinal's hat above. The griffin supporter holds the Lord Chancellor's mace.
Thomas Wolsey by an unknown artist c. 1520 held in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Queen Catherine of Aragon, by an unknown artist