FDA-D.1757-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1757-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
Emanuel Hospital, Westminster
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
This handsome Queen Anne style building housed the Emanuel Hospital, also known as Lady Dacre’s Almshouses. The hospital provided charitable and educational support for children and the elderly. Located a few streets away from the artist’s home in Westminster, the Emanuel was under threat of demolition when Davison painted it and, despite attempts to save the building, it was demolished in 1894.
In 1892 Davison exhibited A Bit of Emanuel Hospital at the winter exhibition of the Royal Society of British Artists, which was described as ‘a brilliant little study’ in The Globe newspaper’s review.
In 1892 Davison exhibited A Bit of Emanuel Hospital at the winter exhibition of the Royal Society of British Artists, which was described as ‘a brilliant little study’ in The Globe newspaper’s review.
Other number
CN-13
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 448mm
width (frame): 603mm
height (actual size): 183mm
width (actual size): 364mm
width (frame): 603mm
height (actual size): 183mm
width (actual size): 364mm
Inscription
Signed in watercolour, lower left: 'NORA DAVISON'
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Davison, Nora, 1855 - 1950 (Artist)
Date
c.1892
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Sold through Burstowe & Hewett, Battle, auctioneers, on 25 January 2023 (Lot 415), as ‘Building Study’;; collection of C.R. Nugent (1962–2023; CNCA, MCM, 1975–79); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 6)
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 6)
