FDA-D.1766-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1766-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
Corner House, Eton
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
In the 18th century there were three small boarding houses on this site. In one, future Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) boarded during the 1820s. The view today looks markedly different to the one painted by Davison, as Baldwin’s Shore, the taller building to the left of Corner House, was reconstructed in the 1960s.
Davison has painted three boys running towards the house, dressed in shorts and caps.
The distinctive yellow and blue socks of one boy appear to be the football socks in the house colours of Richard T. Assheton, House Master of Corner House from 1931 to 1933.
Corner House is here viewed from the corner of Keate's Lane.
Davison has painted three boys running towards the house, dressed in shorts and caps.
The distinctive yellow and blue socks of one boy appear to be the football socks in the house colours of Richard T. Assheton, House Master of Corner House from 1931 to 1933.
Corner House is here viewed from the corner of Keate's Lane.
Other number
CN-14
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 480mm
width (frame): 650mm
height (actual size): 316mm
width (actual size): 482mm
width (frame): 650mm
height (actual size): 316mm
width (actual size): 482mm
Inscription
Signed in watercolour, lower left: 'NORA DAVISON'
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Davison, Nora, 1855 - 1950 (Artist)
Date
1931-1933
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: 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 21)
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 21)
