FDA-D.207-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.207-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Cricket on College Field
Cricket Match on College Field
Cricket Match on College Field
Title Type
Formal name
Previous title
Previous title
Other number
CL 158
Description
Content (object)
sports & games
Content (place)
Eton College
Dimensions
height (sight size): 685mm
width (sight size): 940mm
width (sight size): 940mm
Materials & techniques note
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
Physical description
Modern gilt frame
Production
Person
Evans, William, 1798 - 1877 (Artist)
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Miss Nancy Radcliffe Platt; by whom presented to Eton College in memory of the donor's brother, John Roodhurst Platt (Captain of the Oppidans in 1909), in 1975
Exhibited: 'Art Treasures of Eton', Christie's, London; 'William Evans of Eton', Brewhouse Gallery, Eton College, 1998, catalogue no.35; 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 2003, catalogue no. 16; 'John Player Art of Cricket', London, York and Nottingham, July-November 1983
Exhibited: 'Art Treasures of Eton', Christie's, London; 'William Evans of Eton', Brewhouse Gallery, Eton College, 1998, catalogue no.35; 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 2003, catalogue no. 16; 'John Player Art of Cricket', London, York and Nottingham, July-November 1983
References
• McConnell, J. (ed.), Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (p.15, no.3, illustrated in colour)
• Connor, L.M., William Evans of Eton 1798-1877, exhibition catalogue, Brewhouse, Eton 1998 (p.52, illustrated in colour)
• Connor, L.M., William Evans of Eton 1798-1877, exhibition catalogue, Brewhouse, Eton 1998 (p.52, illustrated in colour)
