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A sepia drawing shows the buildings of Queens' College across the River Cam, with a barge moored and figures on a river path.

Queen’s College Cambridge & private walk 1814

Queens’ College & River Cam, Cambridge

History of Queen's College

A watercolour drawing of a brick college building by a river, with a small boat containing two figures visible on the water.

Queens’ College from Erasmus Walk, c 1885, by Henry Moule (MoC7/147/51)

A watercolor painting shows a brick building beside a river, bordered by a dense line of green trees and three white swans.

Queens’ College from Erasmus Walk, c 1885, by Henry Moule

More information about Queens’ College and the River Cam can be found here:

https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/life-at-queens/about-the-college/college-facts/the-buildings/bridges-and-riverside

A colored drawing shows the brick buildings of Queens' College along the River Cam with a wooden footbridge spanning the water.

Queens’ College and River Cam

A view of the River Cam with the wooden Mathematical Bridge, stone college buildings, and a brick wall in the foreground.

Mathematical bridge (RGL2026)

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