FDA-D.1752-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1752-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
School Yard and Lupton's Range, Eton
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Lupton’s range of buildings, with its clock tower at the centre and two-storey oriel window, were commissioned by Roger Lupton, Provost of Eton from 1504 to 1535. Begun in 1517, the range completed the west side of the Cloisters, begun by King Henry VI. Davison’s view shows plants and railings around the base of the buildings which were removed in the early 1920s, helping us to date the watercolour. Two senior Eton figures, probably the Provost and Vice-Provost, can be seen in surplices and mortar boards as they walk towards the Cloisters. On the left of the picture is the doorway to the room now called the Verey Gallery and used for the exhibition of items from the Eton College Collections.
The railings and beds that boarded Lupton's Range can be seen in this view by Nora Davison.
The railings and beds that boarded Lupton's Range can be seen in this view by Nora Davison.
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 380mm
width (frame): 435mm
height (actual size): 182mm
width (actual size): 245mm
width (frame): 435mm
height (actual size): 182mm
width (actual size): 245mm
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Davison, Nora, 1855 - 1950 (Artist)
Date
1913-1921
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Purchased by the Old Etonian Association in February 2004, by whom presented to Eton College in December 2022.
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 31)
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 31)
