FDA-D.1767-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1767-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
Gulliver's Passage, Eton
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Davison’s view is painted from outside the House Master’s front door at Jourdelay’s House, with Gulliver’s boarding house glimpsed to the right. Gulliver’s was a small boarding house from the early 18th century until 1937. In the covered passage that connects the houses to the High Street are two plaster casts of part of the Parthenon Frieze. It is believed that they were installed by classical scholar Hugh Macnaghten (1862–1929), House Master of Jourdelay’s from 1899 to 1920 and later Vice-Provost of Eton.
This view is taken from just outside the Master's entrance of Jourdelay's boarding house, looking towards Slough Road.
This view is taken from just outside the Master's entrance of Jourdelay's boarding house, looking towards Slough Road.
Other number
CN-08
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 518mm
width (frame): 454mm
height (actual size): 381mm
width (actual size): 291mm
width (frame): 454mm
height (actual size): 381mm
width (actual size): 291mm
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: With Malcolm Innes Gallery;; sold through Bellmans, West Sussex, auctioneers, 1 March 2021 (Lot 376), as ‘Off Eton High Street’;; 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 35)
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 35)
