A carved figure of the devil stood on Lincoln College in Oxford, and it was so well known that it gave rise to the saying about the devil looking over Lincoln. Having lost its head in a storm, it was taken down on 15 September 1731. Hone says nobody could be sure how the statue came to be there.
The Devil Looking Over Lincoln
Printed under 15 September · Lincoln College, Oxford
No longer kept
the famous devil that used to overlook Lincoln college in Oxford, was taken down
From Hone's Every-Day Book, vol. 2, col. 1239. Read the original
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