FDA-D.1762-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1762-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
Slough Road, Eton, Looking South
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The Victorian lamp post seen to the right of the composition is known at Eton as the 'Burning Bush'.
Other number
CN-06
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 368mm
width (frame): 488mm
width (frame): 488mm
Inscription
Signed in watercolour, lower right: 'NORA DAVISON'
Old labels and inscriptions on back of frame:
'NORA DAVISON. FL: 1881-1905 'THE BURNING BUSH, ETON' WATERCOLOURS. SIGNED. £485. Nicholas Bowlby 9 Castle Street Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1XJ 01892 540049 www.nicholasbowlby.co.uk [label x 2, 1 with red sticker over price]
'Nora Davison Bought from Nick Bowlby'
Inscribed on reverse: 'mie'
Old labels and inscriptions on back of frame:
'NORA DAVISON. FL: 1881-1905 'THE BURNING BUSH, ETON' WATERCOLOURS. SIGNED. £485. Nicholas Bowlby 9 Castle Street Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1XJ 01892 540049 www.nicholasbowlby.co.uk [label x 2, 1 with red sticker over price]
'Nora Davison Bought from Nick Bowlby'
Inscribed on reverse: 'mie'
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: With Nicholas Bowlby, Tunbridge Wells (dealer);; collection of Charles Nugent (1962-2023; CNCA, MCM, 1975-1979); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
