FDA-D.788-2013
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.788-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Interior of College Library, Eton
Interior of College Library
College Library, Room B
Interior of College Library
College Library, Room B
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Previous title
Previous title
Previous title
Previous title
Comments
A Fellows’ library has existed in various locations at the College since the earliest times. In 1725, Thomas Rowland was commissioned to demolish the Southern Cloister and build the library seen here, which houses rare books and manuscripts dating from the 9th to 21st centuries. Today, the College Library, one of the jewels of Eton, is remarkably unchanged.
The tail-coat worn by the elderly gentleman seen reading by the window, indicates that he is a senior Eton master, probably Vice-Provost Francis Warre-Cornish (1839–1916).
The tail-coat worn by the elderly gentleman seen reading by the window, indicates that he is a senior Eton master, probably Vice-Provost Francis Warre-Cornish (1839–1916).
Other number
Ci 12
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 305mm
width (actual size): 271mm
height (sight size): 255mm
width (sight size): 215mm
width (actual size): 271mm
height (sight size): 255mm
width (sight size): 215mm
Inscription
Signed lower left: 'Nora Davison'
Inscribed in pencil, on former backboard: 'after Xmas / The Bursar / Eton College / 1/2" [drawn square] plain not with [ilegible]'
Inscribed in pencil, on former backboard: 'after Xmas / The Bursar / Eton College / 1/2" [drawn square] plain not with [ilegible]'
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour over pencil with touches of bodycolour, wash border
Physical description
Carved wood frame
Production
Person
Davison, Nora, 1855 - 1950 (Artist)
Date
1913-1950
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College prior to 2000
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 32)
Exhibited: ‘A Woman’s View: Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton’, Verey Gallery, Eton College, 23 May to 28 September 2025 (catalogue number 32)
