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FDA-E.1921-2015

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Title

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 an Old Etonian artist, 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 is Plate 1 from a series of twelve plates. The series was published by J. Ryman, based on the High Street in Oxford, in c.1850. Each work is based on a sketch made by Winter from memory and shows a scene of everyday life or sport at Eton. The series was sold as either tinted (sepia) prints or with hand-colouring (watercolour wash) added over the tint. It was issued in two parts under the title: ‘Eton and Oxford: A few familiar scenes sketched from recollections, after an interval of several years, and dedicated by permission to the Earl of Darnley, by a contemporary’.

Other number

296
Hc/MDP/35

Description

Content (place)

Eton

Dimensions

height (actual size): 372mm
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'

Materials & techniques note

Hand-coloured, tinted lithograph

Production

Date

c.1850
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