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Object number

FDA-D.1640-2021

Object type

Identification

Title

Eton near the Sheep Bridge

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Painted view of trees with a tower in the distance

Description

Content (place)

Eton

Dimensions

height (frame): 344mm
width (frame): 376mm

Inscription

Paper label taped to verso of frame inscribed: "'Eton, near the sheep bridge in ye playing field - / see no 59 where I sat 1st August 1832 1/2 / past 1. Saw Mr J. Bla[?]re, Young Cromer, the owner of ye wharf, a lady sketching in watercolours / from nature and Mr Selwyn (of:) New Zealand / the roots of ye trees were curiously twisted around themselves'. Inscribed verso."

Material

watercolour
pencil
paper

Production

Date

1832

History and association

Object history note

Provenance: With Abbott & Holder, 30 Museum Street, WC1A 1LH; collection of Nigel John Trefusis Jaques (1935-2020); by whom bequeathed to Eton College in 2021
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