FDA-D.117-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.117-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
School Yard from the North-West
Harcourt
Harcourt
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Comments
Buckler practised as an architect until 1826, when he decided to specialise in architectural drawing, the field in which he had achieved much greater success. The Eton collection includes a number of drawings of the College by him dated from 1811 to 1825, including a smaller, less finished view of the School Yard taken from a very slightly different position. This particular view of the School Yard was engraved by R.Reeve in 1814 and published by Buckler with a dedication to the Provost, Joseph Goodall and 'the Reverend the Fellows'. The statue of the Founder, Henry VI, erected by Provost Godolphin 1719, was originally drawn further to the right, but was carefully scratched out and redrawn in its rightful position.
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 437mm
width (actual size): 615mm
width (actual size): 615mm
Inscription
Indistinctly inscribed (on the margin)
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour, with the artist's original watercolour border
Production
Person
Buckler, John, 1770 - 1851 (Artist)
Date
c. 1814
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Harcourt Collection
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, catalogue number 7
Exhibited: 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, catalogue number 7
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 14 & 15), Catalogue number: 7
