FDA-E.3253-2023
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3253-2023
Object type
Identification
Title
Block and Birch
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Printed image showing a table, chair, birching block and broom
Comments
This is an illustration from 'A History of Eton College (1440-1910)', first published 1877, by Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte (1848-1940).
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 153mm
width (frame): 179mm
width (frame): 179mm
Inscription
Lettered centre below image: 'Block and Birch'
Signed lower left: 'W. J. Palmerse'; initialled lower right: 'PHD'
Signed lower left: 'W. J. Palmerse'; initialled lower right: 'PHD'
Material
ink
paper
watercolour
paper
watercolour
Materials & techniques note
Print with watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Date
1877
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Brian Hoare (Buildings Bursar 1982-2000); by whom presented to Eton College in February 2023
