New Year's Greetings from the Oxford Sausage, 1772

Posted by Richard on UTC 2018-01-01 07:12

From the 'Oxford Sausage': frontispiece.

From the 'Oxford Sausage': title page.

The New Year's Gift

From the 'Oxford Sausage': 'The New Year's Gift' 1

From the 'Oxford Sausage': 'The New Year's Gift' 2

From the 'Oxford Sausage': 'The New Year's Gift' 3

From the 'Oxford Sausage': 'The New Year's Gift' 4

Nell Batchelor, an Oxford Pye-Woman

The contributors to The Oxford Sausage were, as the title suggests, much preoccupied by food – and in particular those student staples, pies and sausages. Their skilled makers deserved their epitaphs:

From the 'Oxford Sausage': 'Epitaph to the pie-house memory of Nell Batchelor, an Oxford Pye-Woman.' — All images in this post are ©Figures of Speech, i.e. no reuse without attribution and link.