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A series of cigarette cards display Oxford Colours from 1848. The boat clubs
are referred to as Isis Societies - the River Thames is called “The Isis” in
Oxford. The men on the cards are obviously rowing, but you can’t see the oars.
The rowers wear some kind of T-shirt in colours of their society, either striped
or simply trimmed, straw hats and neckerchiefs.
The ratio of the flags is
something unusual, I have drawn them at 5:6.
Source:
https://thames.me.uk/s01630d.htm
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Balliol College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@oubal848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is
quartered of red and blue, parted by a white cross, like the flag of the
Dominican Republic reversed without arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Brasenose College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@oubra848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is yellow, charged with the college’s full arms in a Samnitic or
French shield.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Christ Church College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@ouccc848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is swallow tailed, blue and parted by a white cross.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Curpus College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@oucoc848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is red, charged with a white pelican, feeding her fledglings with
her own flesh.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Exeter College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@ouexe848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is red, charged with a white Greek cross, like the Swiss flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Jesus College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@oujes848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is quartered of light green and white.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Lincoln College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@oulin848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is blue, charged with a yellow mitre.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Magdalen’s Hall College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@ouhtf-mh.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is quartered of white and black.
Magdalen Hall had been a college
that absorbed Hertford College in 1822. In 1874 Hertford was re-established as a
college by financial support from Sir Thomas Baring.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford_College
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Magdalen College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@oumag848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is plain red.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Merton College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@oumer848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is white, charged with a red Greek cross, like the flag of the Red
Cross Organisation.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of New College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@ounew848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
It is a horizontal 9-stripes flag with alternating red and white stripes.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Oriel College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@ouori848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
It is a horizontal 5-stripes flag with alternating navy-blue and white
stripes.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Pembroke College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@oupem848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
It is white flag with red stripes at hoist and fly end, in centre charged
with a Tudor rose.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Queen’s College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@ouque848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
It is basically the college flag with a blue bordure and the eagles all in
equal size.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of St. John’s College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@ousjo848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is white, parted by a blue cross and with the
blue logo of the college in the canton .
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of St. Mary Hall College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@ouori-sm.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is plain white.
St Mary Hall was an academic hall of the
university, associated with Oriel College since 1326. It was independent from
1545 until 1902.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary_Hall,_Oxford
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Trinity College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@outri848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is vertically divided of blue and white, charged with two connected
griffin bodies, connected by an embossment in counterchanged colours according
to the griffins. The griffin at hoist is yellow, the one at fly is greenish
blue.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of University College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@ouuni848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is blue, charged with a yellow cross patonce.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Wadham College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@ouwad848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is white, charged with a blue cross patty.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
![[Flag of Worcester College Isis Society]](../images/g/gb@ouwor848.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019
The flag is white, parted by a red cross, like the flag of England.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 February 2019