FDA-E.3179:1-2021
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3179:1-2021
Object type
Identification
Title
Eton College Chapel
Title Type
assigned by artist
Description
Colour printed view of the interior of a church with a wooden roof and an organ on the far wall
Comments
This image shows a view of the east of the Chapel, which includes the organ designed by Father Smith and the decorative carved ornament that surmounted it, carved by Francis Bird in c.1702 when he was working in the studio of Grinling Gibbons.
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 412mm
width (frame): 357mm
width (frame): 357mm
Inscription
Lettered below image, lower left: 'F. Mackenie del.t'; lower centre: 'ETON COLLEGE CHAPEL / Pub May 1 1816 at 101 strand for R. Ackermann's History of Eton College'; and lower right: 'D. Havell sculp.t'
Material
ink
paper
paper
Materials & techniques note
Coloured aquatint
Production
Person
Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 - 1854 (Source Artist)
Havell, Daniell, 1785 - 1826 (Engraver)
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764 - 1834 (Publisher)
Havell, Daniell, 1785 - 1826 (Engraver)
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764 - 1834 (Publisher)
Date
1816
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Nigel John Trefusis Jaques (1935-2020); by whom bequeathed to Eton College in 2021
References
• Ackermann, R., The History of Eton College, London, 1816 (Plate 16)
