Blackhall Road

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Blackhall Road is a road running between Keble Road to the north and Museum Road to the south in central Oxford, England.

The road borders Keble College to the east for its entire length. To the west is the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University at the northern end. At the southern on the west side are houses owned by St John's College.

[edit] Dinosaur graffiti

Dinosaur graffiti on the wall of Keble College in Blackhall Road, Oxford.

A notable and now historic feature is one of the longest lasting and still extant pieces of outdoor graffiti in Oxford. On a brick wall forming part of Keble College, opposite the Mathematical Institute building, are two large dinosaurs in white and blue paint. The College itself was condemned by the 19th-century art critic John Ruskin as "a dinosaur in a Fair-Isle sweater" [1]. The caption "REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DINOSAUR!" is next to the white dinosaur. By the blue dinosaur is a repost "I DID, AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO ME". Close by in Parks Road is the Oxford University Museum of Natural History where a number of fossilized dinosaur skeletons can be seen.