FDA-D.1762-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1762-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
View South from the Burning Bush, Eton
Slough Road, Eton, Looking South
The Burning Bush, Eton
Slough Road, Eton, Looking South
The Burning Bush, Eton
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
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Comments
Davison’s view of Slough Road reveals the changing streets of Eton, following the introduction of the motor car. As early as 1911, the Eton College Chronicle reports that on the College open day known as the Fourth of June, ‘a continuous stream of motor cars’ brought visitors to the College. However, throughout the 1920s and 1930s, horses
and carts continued to be a feature of Eton’s streets and horse-drawn mowers were still being used to mow the playing fields.
The boys in the lower right of Davison’s painting are wearing top hats, a feature of the Eton boys’ uniform from the 19th century until just after the Second World War.
The Victorian lamp post seen to the right of the composition is known at Eton as the 'Burning Bush'.
and carts continued to be a feature of Eton’s streets and horse-drawn mowers were still being used to mow the playing fields.
The boys in the lower right of Davison’s painting are wearing top hats, a feature of the Eton boys’ uniform from the 19th century until just after the Second World War.
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
height (actual size): 185mm
width (actual size): 294mm
width (frame): 488mm
height (actual size): 185mm
width (actual size): 294mm
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
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 12)
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 12)
