FDA-D.1759-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1759-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
School Yard and Lupton's Tower, Eton
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted view of a courtyard buildings and figures; sculpture surrounded by railings before a central tower
Comments
Two boys cross School Yard, passing the 1719 statue of King Henry VI, founder of the College, by the sculptor Francis Bird (1667–1731). The railings surrounding the statue remain in place today, but Nora has also painted railings and shrubs in front of the red brick Lupton's Range. These no longer survive.
This view is made from about the same position where Nora Davison was photographed painting in c.1935. The photograph can be seen reproduced in the Verey Gallery exhibition.
This view is made from about the same position where Nora Davison was photographed painting in c.1935. The photograph can be seen reproduced in the Verey Gallery exhibition.
Other number
CN-04
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 262mm
width (actual size): 195mm
width (actual size): 195mm
Inscription
Signed in watercolour, lower left: 'NORA DAVISON'
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Davison, Nora, 1855 - 1950 (Artist)
Date
1913-1950
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Charles Nugent (1962-2023; CNCA, MCM, 1975-1979); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
