FDA-E.1849-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1849-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Oliver Rowland
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Accompanying poem (now in file):
'Rowland.
Our statisticians calculate
The eggs supplied by Mr. Rowland
Since A.D. eighteen-ninety-eight
Would cover Latvia and Poland.
The sausages placed end to end,
The ginger-beer and other potions,
Would reach from Moscow to Ostend
And pass in bulk the Indian Oceans.
The buttered buns would make a pile
As high as Popocatapetl,
The coffee match the course of Nile
From Damanhur to Medenetel.
Then let us praise with grateful hearts
This Jupiter of Buns and Tarts,
And build him with our deathless rhyme
A Temple which shall laugh at Time.'
Accompanying label (now in file):
'Oliver Rowland
Ran a 'sock' shop in Eton High Street named after him. It was taken over by School Stores and he became the first manager of the present establishment.'
'Rowland.
Our statisticians calculate
The eggs supplied by Mr. Rowland
Since A.D. eighteen-ninety-eight
Would cover Latvia and Poland.
The sausages placed end to end,
The ginger-beer and other potions,
Would reach from Moscow to Ostend
And pass in bulk the Indian Oceans.
The buttered buns would make a pile
As high as Popocatapetl,
The coffee match the course of Nile
From Damanhur to Medenetel.
Then let us praise with grateful hearts
This Jupiter of Buns and Tarts,
And build him with our deathless rhyme
A Temple which shall laugh at Time.'
Accompanying label (now in file):
'Oliver Rowland
Ran a 'sock' shop in Eton High Street named after him. It was taken over by School Stores and he became the first manager of the present establishment.'
Other number
006
Description
Content (person)
Rowland, Oliver (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 258mm
width (actual size): 192mm
width (actual size): 192mm
Inscription
Signed in pencil 'John R. Merton'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse 'Oliver / Rowland'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse 'Oliver / Rowland'
Materials & techniques note
Printed on paper, stuck to board
Production
Person
Merton, John Ralph, 1913 - 2011 (Artist)
Date
c.1926-1930
History and association
Object history note
'When he was a boy at Eton J. R. Merton was asked by Penrose Tennyson, a contemporary and friend, who was the Editor of the ephemeral The Burning Bush, to produce portraits of Eton Characters for reproduction in the magazine.
These characters included Sir Henry Marten, M.R. James, C.A. ALington, 'Solomon', 'Fusee', George Pape and Oliver Rowland...
...When the drawings were reproduced in The Burning Bush included was a rhyme, appropriate to the subject, written by Penrose Tennyson's father...'
(See file for full accompanying information).
These characters included Sir Henry Marten, M.R. James, C.A. ALington, 'Solomon', 'Fusee', George Pape and Oliver Rowland...
...When the drawings were reproduced in The Burning Bush included was a rhyme, appropriate to the subject, written by Penrose Tennyson's father...'
(See file for full accompanying information).
