FDA-E.264-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.264-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Playing Fields: The Eton Montem
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
‘Pictures of Montem. Two coloured prints, in their original frames, after the well-known pictures of Montem, have been presented by Mr. E. C. Austen Leigh, and are hung in the State Corridor.’
[Source: 'Eton Memorial', Eton College Chronicle, No. 1468, Wednesday, 24 December 1913, p.482]
[Source: 'Eton Memorial', Eton College Chronicle, No. 1468, Wednesday, 24 December 1913, p.482]
Description
Content (event)
Montem
Content (place)
Eton College
Dimensions
height (sight size): 575mm
width (sight size): 770mm
width (sight size): 770mm
Materials & techniques note
Coloured etching and steel engraving
Physical description
Elaborate carved oak frame with classical head (satyr) on cartouche at top, and carved roses on escutcheons at four corners, and carved Eton Coat of Arms on lower edge.
Production
Person
Date
1852
History and association
Associated object
FDA-E.343-2010 (one of a pair)
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of E. C. Austen Leigh; by whom presented to Eton College in 1913
[See: The Eton College Chronicle, No.1468; 24 December 1913]
[See: The Eton College Chronicle, No.1468; 24 December 1913]
