FDA-E.1921-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1921-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
A Scene on the Brocas. - 4th of June
Title Type
assigned by artist
Comments
The highlight of Eton College’s ‘Fourth of June’ celebrations is the Procession of Boats. In the past, this involved several boats being rowed by Eton boys from the Brocas, an area of riverbank by Windsor Bridge, a few miles upstream to the vicinity of the Surley Hall Inn. In 1841, the Morning Advertiser described how the Brocas was 'thronged with distinguished equestrians and pedestrians' prior to the event, as seen here. Crew members of the boats, wearing their boater hats, can also be seen assembling.
This lithograph is from a series of Eton scenes drawn by the Reverend George Robert Winter (1826-1895). As a boy at Eton, Winter was Second Captain of the Boats, so he undoubtedly took part in the Procession of Boats. He later rowed for Oxford and became Rural Dean of North Cranwich and an honorary Canon of Norwich.
This lithograph is from a series of Eton scenes drawn by the Reverend George Robert Winter (1826-1895). As a boy at Eton, Winter was Second Captain of the Boats, so he undoubtedly took part in the Procession of Boats. He later rowed for Oxford and became Rural Dean of North Cranwich and an honorary Canon of Norwich.
Other number
296
Hc/MDP/35
Hc/MDP/35
Description
Content (place)
Eton
Dimensions
height (actual size): 372mm
width (actual size): 455mm
width (actual size): 455mm
Inscription
Lettered 'A Scene on the Brocas. - 4th of June'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse 'Duplicate / Eton Sets No 6 / Plate 4 / Portfolio 9'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse 'Duplicate / Eton Sets No 6 / Plate 4 / Portfolio 9'
Materials & techniques note
Coloured, tinted lithograph
Production
Person
Date
c.1850
