FDA-D.690-2012
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.690-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Mill at the foot of Snowdon
Comments
The swirling effects of air and water are at their most dramatic. A study for the woman and child seated by the mill, The Sewing Lesson, signed and dated 1842, is in the Mellon Collection, B.1975.4.1172. William first exhibited this subject at the RWS, 1846, acquired by Mr Hobson.
Description
Dimension note
29in. x 40¼in
Inscription
Signed and dated 'W. Evans 50' (lower right)
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour
Production
Person
Evans, William, 1798 - 1877 (Artist)
History and association
Associated object
FDA-D.36-2010 (one of a pair)
Object history note
Provenance: Bequeathed to Eton College by Howard Moseley
Exhibited: 'William Evans of Eton', Brewhouse Gallery, Eton College, 1998 (catalogue number 46 and 47[?])
Exhibited: 'William Evans of Eton', Brewhouse Gallery, Eton College, 1998 (catalogue number 46 and 47[?])
References
• 'William Evans of Eton' exhibition catalogue, Catalogue number: 47
