FDA-E.3335-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3335-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
Gulliver's Passage
Entrance to Chafey's
Entrance to Chafey's
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Common name
Common name
Description
Black and white etched scene of a narrow passageway, with overlapping upper story; boys in school dress in the middle background walking by
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 428mm
width (frame): 327mm
depth (frame): 14mm
height (sight size): 295mm
width (sight size): 205mm
width (frame): 327mm
depth (frame): 14mm
height (sight size): 295mm
width (sight size): 205mm
Inscription
Signed lower right: 'Ll F Menzies-Jones'
Label on back of frame, inscribed in pen: 'Etching by MENZIES-JONES / of the entrance to / Chafey's the holding house / at Eton where David / Verey went in 1927. / Given to David as a / drawing prize by the / drawing master Mr. / Menzies-Jones.'
Label on back of frame, inscribed in pen: 'Etching by MENZIES-JONES / of the entrance to / Chafey's the holding house / at Eton where David / Verey went in 1927. / Given to David as a / drawing prize by the / drawing master Mr. / Menzies-Jones.'
Materials & techniques note
Etching print
Production
Person
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented by the artist to David Verey in 1927; by descent to Charles Verey; by whom presented to Eton College in February 2024
