FDA-E.3182:3-2021
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3182:3-2021
Object type
Identification
Title
The Upper School – Quadrangle
Title Type
assigned by artist
Description
Black and white print depicting a view of a church to the left and a building with an arched colonade in the background; two figures in the foreground, one wearing a school master's robes and mortar board and the other a top hat; behing them a statue on a plinth and surrounded by railings
Comments
From a series of six prints titled 'Six Views of Eton College', by J. Dolby, published c.1839.
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 499mm
width (frame): 370mm
width (frame): 370mm
Inscription
Lettered below image, lower left: 'J Dolby'; and lower right: 'THE UPPER SCHOOL - QUADRANGLE'
Material
ink
paper
paper
Materials & techniques note
Lithograph
Production
Person
Dolby, Joshua Edward Adolphus (1811-1881) (Artist)
Organisation
T.Ingalton & Son (Publisher)
Date
1838
History and association
Object history note
Collection of Sir Martin Gilliat; by whom bequeathed to Nigel John Trefusis Jaques (1935-2020); by whom bequeathed to Eton College in 2021
References
• Dolby, J., Six Views of Eton College, c.1839 (Plate 4)
