FDA-D.1763-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1763-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
Autumn at Eton; the Long Walk
Long Walk, Eton
Long Walk, Eton
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Previous title
Previous title
Other number
CN-16
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 602mm
width (frame): 474mm
height (actual size): 449mm
width (actual size): 394mm
width (frame): 474mm
height (actual size): 449mm
width (actual size): 394mm
Inscription
Signed in watercolour, lower left: 'NORA DAVISON'
Old labels on reverse:
'CHARLES NUGENT...(information)
Artist: Nora Davison (active 1913-1934)
Title: Autumn in The Walk, Eton College'
'Nora Davison Autumn at Eton Bought, Lawrences, Bletchingley, 29 Nov. 2016, lot 1492 (£240 + premium = £291.84'
Old labels on reverse:
'CHARLES NUGENT...(information)
Artist: Nora Davison (active 1913-1934)
Title: Autumn in The Walk, Eton College'
'Nora Davison Autumn at Eton Bought, Lawrences, Bletchingley, 29 Nov. 2016, lot 1492 (£240 + premium = £291.84'
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: Sold through Lawrences, Bletchingley, auctioneers, on 29 November 2016, (Lot 1492)), as ‘Figure Collecting Leaves before College Buildings’; from which sale purchased by 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 25)
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 25)
