FDA-D.792-2013
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.792-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
View of Macnaghten's Library
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted view of the interior of a library, with painted lettering below
Comments
A manuscript inscription is mounted beneath the drawing.
Llewelyn Frederick Menzies-Jones was Drawing Master (Head of Art) at Eton College from 1933 to 1957.
Llewelyn Frederick Menzies-Jones was Drawing Master (Head of Art) at Eton College from 1933 to 1957.
Description
Content (place)
Eton College
Dimensions
height (sight size): 255mm
width (sight size): 290mm
height (sight size): 110mm
width (sight size): 300mm
width (sight size): 290mm
height (sight size): 110mm
width (sight size): 300mm
Inscription
Lettering in watercolour, within drawn memorial tablet:
'1938 / MACNAGHTEN'S LIBRARY / IN MEMORY OF / THE FIFTY THREE OLD BOYS / OF H. MACNAGHTEN'S HOUSE (1899-1920) / AND OF EIGHT OTHER FRIENDS / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / AND IN HAPPY AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF SEVEN YEARS WITH THEM AT ETON / THIS LIBRARY WAS GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL / BY E. MILLINGTON-DRAKE / (H.M. 1901-1908)'
Note: The names of the 'Old Boys' are listed in red watercolour to either side of this drawn memorial tablet.
'1938 / MACNAGHTEN'S LIBRARY / IN MEMORY OF / THE FIFTY THREE OLD BOYS / OF H. MACNAGHTEN'S HOUSE (1899-1920) / AND OF EIGHT OTHER FRIENDS / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / AND IN HAPPY AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF SEVEN YEARS WITH THEM AT ETON / THIS LIBRARY WAS GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL / BY E. MILLINGTON-DRAKE / (H.M. 1901-1908)'
Note: The names of the 'Old Boys' are listed in red watercolour to either side of this drawn memorial tablet.
Physical description
Plain gilt frame
Production
Person
Date
1938
