FDA-A.104-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.104-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Writing Desk with Interior Paint Box and the Artist's Monogram
Title Type
Formal name
Description
William Evans's Paint Box
Description
Dimensions
width (actual size): 465mm
depth (actual size): 265mm
height (actual size): 175mm
depth (actual size): 265mm
height (actual size): 175mm
Dimension note
18in. wide
Physical description
an early Victorian brass-bound rosewood rectangular paint box engraved with the initials of the artist, including a leather-lined writing-slide, two silver and cut-glass inkwells enclosing a central section with lid, fitted with named paints, pewter chalk box containing red and white chalks, five mixing bowls, a quantity of paint-brushes, etc. and two cut-glass water dishes, various strips of isinglass, and further fitted with a secret compartment, the sides with recessed carrying-handles [silver marks rubbed but looks like little u, probably 1830s]
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of E. Whtcombe; by whom presented to Eton College
