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FDA-A.104-2010

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Object number

FDA-A.104-2010

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

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
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