FDA-D.1643-2021
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1643-2021
Identification
Title
Manor House, Eton
Manor House
Manor House
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Previous title
Previous title
Description
Painted view of a house through a large arched gateway with wooden doors; trees and figures in the middle ground
Comments
Nigel Jaques purchased this watercolour in 1978, the year he became House Master of Manor House.
Description
Content (place)
Eton
Dimensions
height (frame): 322mm
width (frame): 258mm
height (actual size): 188mm
width (actual size): 126mm
width (frame): 258mm
height (actual size): 188mm
width (actual size): 126mm
Material
watercolour
paper
paper
Production
Person
Davison, Nora, 1855 - 1950 (Artist)
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Sold through J. Manley Gallery, High Street, Eton, Windsor, Berkshire; from whom purchased by Nigel John Trefusis Jaques (1935-2020; DCW, 1948–54) in 1978; by whom bequeathed to Eton College in 2021
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 8)
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 8)
