FDA-D.1748-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1748-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
Distant View of Eton College
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 270mm
width (frame): 508mm
width (frame): 508mm
Inscription
Inscribed in pencil, lower centre: 'Eton No.1'; and lower right: 'Eton No.2'
Old label inscribed on reverse:
'THOMAS SHOTTER BOYS 1803-1874 N.W.S.
Eton seen at a distance over meadows. The school founded by Henry IV [as written] in 1440 near Windsor but in Buckinghamshire.
Pencil 3 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches, sketchbook pages conjoined.
In 1849 Boys exhibited two w/cols on Windsor and of Eton at the N.W.C.S.'
Old label inscribed on reverse:
'THOMAS SHOTTER BOYS 1803-1874 N.W.S.
Eton seen at a distance over meadows. The school founded by Henry IV [as written] in 1440 near Windsor but in Buckinghamshire.
Pencil 3 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches, sketchbook pages conjoined.
In 1849 Boys exhibited two w/cols on Windsor and of Eton at the N.W.C.S.'
Materials & techniques note
Pencil on paper
Production
Person
Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803 - 1874 (Artist)
Date
c.1849
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Private collection; presented to the Old Etonian Association, by whom presented to Eton College in December 2022.
