FDA-E.2961-2017

Object number

FDA-E.2961-2017

Object type

print

Title

A Map of Eton College and its Environs

Title Type

assigned by artist

Comments

This map was used as a frontispiece for the book 'Eton Medley' by B. J. W. Hill, published 1948. In the preface (p.x), the author includes:

'I can scarely express adequately my thanks to Miss Hester Wagstaff for so kindly giving me permission to reproduce her beautiful pictorial map of Eton.'

He adds in a footnote:

'The pictorial map of Eton was drawn in 1937. Since then the changes are that Mustian has been completed, Coleridge House has been demolished and Hawtrey House enlarged. Cpmmon Lane House has also been enlarged, and Savile House and Upper School were damaged by bombs in 1940.'

Dimensions

height (actual size): 508mm
width (actual size): 620mm
height (frame): 662mm
width (frame): 808mm

Inscription

Lettering within cartouche, lower right: 'A Map of ETON COLLEGE and its Environs'
Lettering within cartouche, lower centre: 'drawn by H.M Wagstaff and published at / The Petersfield Workshops'
Lettering within cartouche, lower left: 'Printed by / Emery / Walker / Ltd.'
Lettering within cartouche, lower left corner: '30 Inches to One Mile approx.'