FDA-D.673-2012
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.673-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Keate’s Lane with View of Mr Ramsay’s House, Eton
Keate's Lane with a View of Mr Ramsay's House (Evans's)
Keate's Lane with a View of Mr Ramsay's House (Evans's)
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Previous title
Previous title
Comments
Before Eton College owned its boarding houses, Oppidan boys (those who do not live within the original College house) resided in private boarding houses run by local women (or sometimes men), known as Dames. Following the tragic death of his wife in 1837, William Evans (1798-1877), the most famous of the Eton Drawing Masters, decided to take over a run-down house on Keate’s Lane and establish it as his own boarding house. It is still called Evans’s today.
This view was painted by Davison when Mr A.B. Ramsey was House Master (1906-25). The exterior of Evans’s is still recognisable, despite extensive internal building work in the 1970s.
The Eton boarding house, today known as Evans's, was run by House Master A.B. Ramsay from 1906 to 1925 and then known as 'Ramsay's' after him. The House Master was later J.C.Butterwick (1926-1944).
This view was painted by Davison when Mr A.B. Ramsey was House Master (1906-25). The exterior of Evans’s is still recognisable, despite extensive internal building work in the 1970s.
The Eton boarding house, today known as Evans's, was run by House Master A.B. Ramsay from 1906 to 1925 and then known as 'Ramsay's' after him. The House Master was later J.C.Butterwick (1926-1944).
Other number
CL/146
Description
Content (place)
Eton
Dimensions
height (actual size): 361mm
width (actual size): 405mm
height (sight size): 300mm
width (sight size): 360mm
width (actual size): 405mm
height (sight size): 300mm
width (sight size): 360mm
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour and body colour over pencil
Physical description
Simple narrow, black frame
Production
Person
Davison, Nora, 1855 - 1950 (Artist)
Date
1913-1925
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Miss Agnes Poynton, Dame in A.B. Ramsay's and then J.C. Butterwick's house (Evans's); by descent to her niece, Miss Winifred Poyton; by whom presented to Eton College in 1968
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 20)
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 20)
