FDA-D.756-2013
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.756-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Upper School
Title Type
assigned by artist
Description
Painted autumnal view of a street with building, trees and figures
Comments
Spurrier has painted this scene on a rainy day, evidenced by the reflection of trees on Long Walk onto the road in the foreground.
Beyond is Upper School, where the Porter's Lodge and Post Room occupy the ground floor. Above is the large Upper School Room, the second large schoolroom to be constructed at Eton.
Beyond is Upper School, where the Porter's Lodge and Post Room occupy the ground floor. Above is the large Upper School Room, the second large schoolroom to be constructed at Eton.
Other number
CL 145
Description
Content (place)
Eton College
Dimensions
height (sight size): 360mm
width (sight size): 235mm
width (sight size): 235mm
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour with bodycolour over pencil
Physical description
Modern gilt frame
Production
Person
Spurrier, Mabel Annie, 1880 - ? (Artist)
Date
1915-1940
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
