FDA-D.463-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.463-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Common Lane
Eton from Common Lane
Eton from Common Lane
Title Type
Common name
Previous title
Previous title
Comments
This picture was owned by William, and remained in the family. Sandby, living with his brother near the Great Park, popularised Windsor and Eton views in the eighteenth century, often painting the earliest known examples. This is indeed the earliest known view of Common Lane, but it is not entirely accurate. The repeated use of incidental figures is a technique William would also employ.
This view up Common Lane to College Chapel is the earliest know record of this aspect of the College. On the left a high brick wall bounds parkland as yet unbuilt on; on the right are brick and rustic wooden buildings, with perhaps an oppidan house (Godolphin?) in the middle distance. the work is a fascinating record of this part of town at a period before it was absorbed by teh expansion of the College and its buildings.
This view up Common Lane to College Chapel is the earliest know record of this aspect of the College. On the left a high brick wall bounds parkland as yet unbuilt on; on the right are brick and rustic wooden buildings, with perhaps an oppidan house (Godolphin?) in the middle distance. the work is a fascinating record of this part of town at a period before it was absorbed by teh expansion of the College and its buildings.
Other number
DS 11
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 387mm
width (actual size): 552mm
height (frame): 532mm
width (frame): 699mm
depth (frame): 41mm
width (actual size): 552mm
height (frame): 532mm
width (frame): 699mm
depth (frame): 41mm
Production
Person
Sandby, Paul, c.1731 - 1809 (Artist)
Date
c.1770-1780
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: William Evans of Eton; by descent to W. Evans's great-grandson Philip Whitcombe; by descent to Whitcombe's granddaughter Mrs. Clarissa Gosling; from whom acquired by Eton College
Exhibited: 'William Evans of Eton',1998, Brewhouse Gallery, Eton College, catalogue number 14; 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, catalogue number 1; 'Views of Windsor and Eton by Paul Sandby', Eton College, c.2008-09
Exhibited: 'William Evans of Eton',1998, Brewhouse Gallery, Eton College, catalogue number 14; 'A Genius for Watercolour', Christie’s, London, 6 to 24 January 2003, catalogue number 1; 'Views of Windsor and Eton by Paul Sandby', Eton College, c.2008-09
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p.48)
