FDA-D.34-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.34-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Upper Chapel
Title Type
assigned by artist
Description
Painted interior view of Eton College Chapel, facing east
Comments
Edith Brinton exhibited her work from 1885 to 1900 at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists and elsewhere. Her brother, Hubert Brinton, taught at Eton from 1887 to 1924.
Both this watercolour and the next example by Mabel Spurrier show College Chapel before the bomb that struck Upper School in 1940. The blast destroyed most of the Victorian stained-glass windows. After the war, an infestation of deathwatch beetle was discovered in the wooden ceiling of the chapel. This led to Its replacement with the current stone-faced rib vaulting.
This is the original watercolour, reproduced as an illustration to 'Eton; painted by E.D. Brinton; described by Christopher Stone', A. & C. Black, London, 1909, Plate 6, p.18.
Both this watercolour and the next example by Mabel Spurrier show College Chapel before the bomb that struck Upper School in 1940. The blast destroyed most of the Victorian stained-glass windows. After the war, an infestation of deathwatch beetle was discovered in the wooden ceiling of the chapel. This led to Its replacement with the current stone-faced rib vaulting.
This is the original watercolour, reproduced as an illustration to 'Eton; painted by E.D. Brinton; described by Christopher Stone', A. & C. Black, London, 1909, Plate 6, p.18.
Other number
CL 252
Description
Content (note)
Willement Window
Dimensions
height (sight size): 416mm
width (sight size): 325mm
height (frame): 646mm
width (frame): 555mm
depth (frame): 20mm
width (sight size): 325mm
height (frame): 646mm
width (frame): 555mm
depth (frame): 20mm
Inscription
Signed (with initials) and dated in watercolour, lower left: 'E.D.B.09'
Label on back of frame: 'Upper chapel Eton College, Edith D. Brinton 84 Bedford Gardens, W'
Label on back of frame: 'Upper chapel Eton College, Edith D. Brinton 84 Bedford Gardens, W'
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour with pencil over with touches of bodycolour
Physical description
Gold painted wood frame
Production
Person
Brinton, Edith Danvers, 1861 - 1947 (Artist)
Date
1909
