FDA-E.3179:3-2021
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3179:3-2021
Object type
Identification
Title
Eton College Library
Title Type
assigned by artist
Description
Coloured printed view of the interior of a library with a table and chair on a patterned carpet in the foreground and a gallery running around the sides of the room above
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 413mm
width (frame): 355mm
width (frame): 355mm
Inscription
Lettered below image, lower left: 'F. Mackenie del.t'; lower centre: 'ETON COLLEGE LIBRARY / London. Pub.d April 1 1816, at 101 strand for R. Ackermann's History of Eton College'; and lower right: 'W. Bennett sculp.t'
Material
ink
paper
paper
Materials & techniques note
Coloured aquatint
Production
Person
Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 - 1854 (Source Artist)
Bennett, William James, 1787 - 1844 (Engraver)
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764 - 1834 (Publisher)
Bennett, William James, 1787 - 1844 (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 19)
