FDA-E.3179:2-2021
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3179:2-2021
Object type
Identification
Title
Eton School Room
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Coloured print depicting a large school room with boys sitting on seats around the edge, and three masters standing at raised lecturns; two boys are walking across the room in the foreground
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 415mm
width (frame): 451mm
width (frame): 451mm
Inscription
Lettered below image, lower left: 'A. Pugin del't'; lower centre: 'London Pub May 1 1816 at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's History of Eton College'; and lower right: 'J. Stadler Sculp'
Material
ink
paper
paper
Materials & techniques note
Coloured aquatint
Production
Person
Pugin, Augustus Charles, 1762 - 1832 (Source Artist)
Stadler, Joseph Constantine (Engraver)
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764 - 1834 (Publisher)
Stadler, Joseph Constantine (Engraver)
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764 - 1834 (Publisher)
Date
1816
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: With the Parker Gallery, 2 Albemarle Street, London, W1; 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 17)
