FDA-D.1769-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1769-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
Entrance to School Yard, Eton
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Davison frequently repeated her most popular views of Eton. A similar watercolour by her, showing the entrance to School Yard, is on display in the Verey Gallery exhibition. Loosely painted, this version may be later than that currently in the exhibition.
The trees in the foreground are bare of leaves, suggesting that this work was painted in the winter months.
The trees in the foreground are bare of leaves, suggesting that this work was painted in the winter months.
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 462mm
width (frame): 397mm
width (frame): 397mm
Inscription
Signed in watercolour, lower left: 'NORA DAVISON'
Label inscribed in brown ink, on reverse on frame: 'Entrance to School Yard / (at Eton) / Statue of Henry VI. seen / through the arch. / (a gift from Charles Cockroft)'
Inscribed in pencil, on reverse of frame: '5689'
Label inscribed in brown ink, on reverse on frame: 'Entrance to School Yard / (at Eton) / Statue of Henry VI. seen / through the arch. / (a gift from Charles Cockroft)'
Inscribed in pencil, on reverse of frame: '5689'
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: Collection of Charles Cockroft; by whom presented to an unknown private collector;; collection of A.J.B. Rowe; by descent to his son, Nicholas Rowe; by whom presented to Eton College in October 2024
