FDA-D.698-2012
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.698-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
View of Eton College Chapel from Roof of Long Chamber
View of College Chapel from Roof of College
View of College Chapel from Roof of College
Title Type
Previous title
assigned by cataloguer
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted view of College Chapel from the north side
Comments
Artist John Doyle seems to have been an artist-in-residence at Eton in the 1980s. The Eton College Chronicle reported on 4 June 1986:
‘This year, the Farrer Theatre [at Eton College] will host an exhibition of paintings by John Doyle on the 4th of June holiday. He has been around the college for some months now. He is a very pleasant, warm person and freely admit that he likes people to look over his shoulder at what he is doing. Having braved the winter months with a blanket wrapped round his knees to keep him warm, he is glad that the sun has arrived. A proportion of the proceeds from the sale of the paintings will be given to the 550th anniversary appeal.’
[Eton College Chronicle, 4 June 1986, No. 3934, p.18]
‘This year, the Farrer Theatre [at Eton College] will host an exhibition of paintings by John Doyle on the 4th of June holiday. He has been around the college for some months now. He is a very pleasant, warm person and freely admit that he likes people to look over his shoulder at what he is doing. Having braved the winter months with a blanket wrapped round his knees to keep him warm, he is glad that the sun has arrived. A proportion of the proceeds from the sale of the paintings will be given to the 550th anniversary appeal.’
[Eton College Chronicle, 4 June 1986, No. 3934, p.18]
Other number
FDA-D.589-2010
Description
Content (place)
Eton College
Dimensions
height (sight size): 470mm
height (sight size): 795mm
height (sight size): 795mm
Inscription
Signed: ‘John Doyle’
Material
Watercolour
bodycolour
pastel
pencil
bodycolour
pastel
pencil
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour, bodycolour and pastel over pencil
Production
Person
Doyle, John (Artist)
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Joe Spence returned to Eton College in August 2009
Exhibited: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, 1987
Exhibited: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, 1987
