FDA-E.1077-2013
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Object number
FDA-E.1077-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Jane Evans
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Jane Evans was the third child of Eton College's best known Drawing Master (Head of Art) William Evans (1798-1877). She was sent to school in Reading and later at Bonn in Germany. When she was just 11 years old, her mother died. Shortly afterwards, her father bought the boarding house in Eton that would become known as Evans's. When Jane's father retired in 1860, her sister Annie ran the boarding house. Annie died in 1871 and Jane suceeded her as the Dame at Evans's; running the house with help from her brother, Samuel, and later her nephew, Sidney. (Samuel and Sidney suceeded her father as successive Drawing Masters at Eton.)
This print of Jane is after John Singer Sargent's oil portrait of 1898. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1899. The original painting was paid for by subscription by the sitter's 'Old Boys' and presented to her.
[Source: Eton College Chronicle, No. 1126, 9 February 1906, p.813-814]
This print of Jane is after John Singer Sargent's oil portrait of 1898. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1899. The original painting was paid for by subscription by the sitter's 'Old Boys' and presented to her.
[Source: Eton College Chronicle, No. 1126, 9 February 1906, p.813-814]
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 530mm
width (actual size): 355mm
width (actual size): 355mm
Inscription
Indechipherable signature
Physical description
Wood frame with gilt fillet, glazed
Production
Person
Date
31/07/1899
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