FDA-D.374-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.374-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
The Hall, Evans's
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Painted by the author of 'Mansions of England in the Olden Time', this shows the 'Hall' at Evans's which the artist designed , complete with the arms including, as William's bequest to Jane Evans makes clear, swords 'with which the Dukes of Buckingham and Shrewsbury fought at Burnham Beeches, given to me by Mr Angelo, and which had been in his family ever since-the Spear of Tippoo Saib as found in his grasp at Seringapatam, and given by George the Fourth to Mr Girding who gave it to me'. The mottoes and chandeliers, executed to William's design, were among the last additions. William's sporting trophies are very evident. Just one panel of the original roof painting now survives. The hall had become much fuller than when, in 1850, Dickens left his son Charlie in 'a big hall with an immense fireplace by himself'.
An old key lists the portraits as being of William Evans in the inglenook, Sam Evans and Annie Evans (who died in 1871) talking, Helen Coleridge and Miss Griffith together, George and Harriet Drury, and Jane Evans playing billiards. The woman seated on the chaise-longue is not identified.
An old key lists the portraits as being of William Evans in the inglenook, Sam Evans and Annie Evans (who died in 1871) talking, Helen Coleridge and Miss Griffith together, George and Harriet Drury, and Jane Evans playing billiards. The woman seated on the chaise-longue is not identified.
Other number
CL 14
Description
Content (note)
The figures depicted include William, Sam and Annie Evans, Helen Coleridge, Miss Griffith, George and Harriet Drury, and Jane Evans
Dimensions
height (actual size): 400mm
width (actual size): 520mm
width (actual size): 520mm
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour (sheet extended along the lower, upper left edges)
Production
Person
Nash, Joseph, 1808 - 1878 (Artist)
Date
c.1874
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of William Evans of Eton; by whom bequeathed to his daughter, Mary Wanklyn; by whom presented to Eton College
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 21), Catalogue number: 14
• Connor, L.M., William Evans of Eton 1798-1877, exhibition catalogue, Brewhouse, Eton 1998 (p. 47), Catalogue number: 5
• Connor, L.M., William Evans of Eton 1798-1877, exhibition catalogue, Brewhouse, Eton 1998 (p. 47), Catalogue number: 5
