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Object number

FDA-D.66-2010

Object type

Identification

Title

The Wall Game

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Painted view of Eton boys playing the wall game, wached by a crowd; Eton College seen in the distance

Comments

When this work was conserved in 2017, behind the watercolour, within the frame, a reproduction of a detail of the Nativity, from Giotto's frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, was found. Lettering on the reproduction included: 'Giotto, Cappella Sc' and 'Azienda di Promozione Turistica di Padova'.

Other number

CL 209

Description

Content (object)

sports & games

Dimensions

height (sight size): 595mm
width (sight size): 900mm

Inscription

Signed and dated 'Tom M Hemy 1887'

Materials & techniques note

Watercolour and bodycolour on paper

Physical description

Plain wood frame, glazed

Production

Date

1887
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